Heroes Among Us

Can you name a few?  It could be our family, friends and even strangers.  They are always there to help or some of them even will stop their lives and come unexpectedly for a rescue.

I got a flat tire the other night.  I put my “blinkers” on.  In about 15 minutes to half an hour many cars passed, but nobody stopped.  Even a cop car slowed down but did not stop to help.  I thought, “Fine, I’ll try to change it myself.”  I put “jack” under the car by feeling the “spot” with my fingers, and I started to lift it.  Unfortunately, I was not strong enough to lift a car.  All of the sudden, three young men (18 to early 20s) stopped and offered to help.  They changed my tire in great teamwork.  One was holding a cellphone as a flashlight, while I and other guy showed drivers to slow down.  The side street was dark.  To our surprise, one driver even sped up not paying any attention.  A man at neighboring house where I stopped, closed curtains and peeked through the window, as my “heroes” finished changing the tire.  They were such a young gentlemen, and I felt so blessed.  I thanked them for their help and we parted our ways.  I felt so grateful.

There are a few heroes that walk amongst us.  It’s a part of their nature to help someone in need.  While many people are oblivious to their surroundings, there are those who will do everything to help.  As I was going home, I wished so hard that something really good would happen to these three young men, my heroes.  The world is such a better place because of them.

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So Thankful…

I am surrounded by beautiful orange roses, cheerful wildflowers, fragrant gardenias and thinking how thankful I am to have such a great family and friends.  I had the most fantastic birthday weekend filled with love, fun, dancing and awesomeness.  Thank you, my family and friends for being you.  I love you!

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How to Have a Better Luck?

We all know someone who has all the luck in the world.  It seems that they are born under lucky star.  Anything they wish, they achieve.  How do they do that?  Is it possible to turn our luck around? What we do not realize is that we all make up our luck, either good or bad.  So, how can we become lucky? I believe, the answer is this:

Three keys to good luck are:

1) intention

2) attitude

3) gratitude

First, we need to know what we really want, intend and focus on  it no matter what.  What we concentrate on, that’s what we attract.  If we intend to achieve something and are open-minded and persistent, we’ll always see the new opportunities coming.  Most importantly, we got to act upon those opportunities and not let doubt to set in.  On other hand, if we do not know what we want, the opportunity might be under our nose, but we are not going to see it.

Next, attitude is everything.  If we concentrate on negative, all we are going to see is negative.  If we concentrate on positive, we’ll see only positive things.

Third, gratitude is the most important.  We can be grateful for things we often take for granted:  our health, family, friends, each day we live that present us with new beginnings and opportunities.  If we think what we’re grateful for each day, our attitude will instantly change from negative to positive.  It will bring a positive intention for the next day.  Thinking how grateful we are will make us think how really lucky we are to have things we never thought of.  We are lucky to be alive, growing and learning.

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