Day Five

Hello loyal readers ;)

Hope your Hump Day was as busy and fulfilling as mine was.. I was based in Van Nuys today, so another full day of work on site.. and tomorrow and Friday are work-from-home days, so I'm looking forward to that. My weigh-in this morning was 185.0 today... let's keep working on that downward trend :D

Scrappy Doo and I went for our walk this morning.. tried to pick up HIS pace a little.. he wouldn't have it.. :) But hey, I tried! Here's today's photo.. the caption is below:

"If you're not the lead dog, the view never changes."

That quote speaks VOLUMES.. you know this Second Chance isn't just about getting me fit physically (which by the way I am FEELING today! :) )... but emotionally and mentally too.. Cancer has a way with messing with your head as well as your body.. and that is certainly the case in my situation.

I've always been the 'nice guy'.. you know what they say about nice guys.. that's it.. c'mon.. say it.. We ALWAYS finish LAST. Now don't get me wrong, I don't want to go out and rob a bank or steal someone's kitten or something EVIL... but where has being nice all the time gotten me? I've gotten stepped on a lot in my life and in my career.. it's time to refocus my energies in a positive fashion - As tempting as it is to go to the Dark Side and play hardball... I think I'm going to focus on the positive.. that I'm here, on the right side of the grass as I like to say.. that I've got my G*d-given talent, that I have my family.. I am blessed, and try every day to remember that, no matter WHAT goes on to try to sour my mood.

I don't know if any of you out there have watched The Secret. If you haven't, you should check it out. You may not buy into everything they talk about there... but I'll tell you this much.. the Law Of Attraction is REAL. You have to BELIEVE that you've already gotten that promotion, or received that check in the mail, or met the President... the more you FEEL and LIVE as if it's already happened.. that ATTRACTS those things to you.. I am slowly starting to practice the L.O.A.. as you'll remember in my first blog post, how I told you I'd discovered what was holding me back? Remember what it was? ME.

But do you know WHY I'd been holding myself back? Neither did I.. but it's all part of the discovery. Here it is:

I'd been attracting the wrong things into my life. Through de-valuing myself. Through anger. Through bitterness. The more you think about these things, the more THEY ARE ATTRACTED TO YOU. You get more of the same.

SO - starting now, I've decided to start thinking good things, positive thoughts, good outcomes... not always thinking the worst-case-scenario (I am the Scenario KING, by the way - I can think of every possible angle!) And we'll see how the World shifts to bring me what I desire... People who visit my home office are greeted by a wall of orange Post-It notes.. it's the beginning of my 'Vision Board' so to speak... affirmations of things I'm trying to accomplish.. no, WILL accomplish.. friendly reminders as I sit behind my desk to focus on the POSITIVE. Here's a quick glance at a few of the entries:

Part of my "Vision Board"

I think I'm going to give it an overhaul tomorrow though.. because part of what they talk about in The Secret is thinking PRESENT TENSE.. as if these things have already happened.. I am talking in wishful-tense.. "I WILL... " instead of "I DO"... time to change my tense. :)

It really makes you stop and think about the bad or unpleasant things that have happened in your life when you STOP. AND. THINK. We all have bad habits in our heads.. I'm going to try to start changing some of mine... by changing the way I think, and in turn changing the way others think who interact with me, and so-on and so-forth.. 

I'll leave you with a favorite Walt Disney quote as I sign off "The way to get started is to quit talking and begin DOING." I couldn't of said it better myself.

'Night!

-Pittle out.

PS - The website I post my runs/walks is down at the moment.. I'll update with the dog walk tomorrow..