We all want and need respect; we deserve it. Let me show you how to win it.

This small French car loomed up in my rear view mirror and started tailgating me. I wasn’t too concerned. There was no room for me to pull to the next lane to let him through and, anyway, I was doing the speed limit. He got verrrry close, so I raised my hand and waved him back.

We got to a right turn lane and he roared into it. About two hundred yards along the lights turned orange. I slowed down and stopped. He had his hand out the window gesticulating and swung to the right, straight through a red light.

Immediately to my left a gray car accelerated and swung across the front of my car. I caught sight of the blue light on the dashboard and, I must confess, I smiled broadly. No prizes for guessing how the morning of the french car diver was going to turn out.

How often in life, not just on the road, do we see people ‘do the wrong thing’ and seem to get away with it. How many times do we just stand by, shrug, and say, “Life sucks?”

I got to the gym and started my workout, my mind still on the ‘justice’ I had witnessed. You know, our society is built on behavioural agreements, nothing much else. If you think about it, what are laws, or rules in any game?

That’s why I smiled at the incident. The ‘good guys’ won. Every time someone breaks the rules society suffers to that extent. Every time we witness a breaking of the rules and don’t speak up, we, and society suffers to that extent.

Perhaps it’s time for the good guys to strike back.

What do you think?

Live well,

Ollie

Either way, you’ll be right

Henry Ford
Industrialist

I’ve seen this quote a number of times over the years and never given it much thought other than, “I suppose it’s right.”

Then I spoke with an acquaintance the other day. He was bemoaning the fact that he had lost the love of his life. He continually said to me, “I’ll never be that lucky again. She was the best thing that ever happened to me. No point in even trying to get another like her.”

On and on he went, secure in the firm belief that life had dealt him a grievous blow and that all was lost.

Then I found out the truth of the matter. He was the one that ended the relationship!! True as I sit here.

I thought to myself, “Why, in the name of all that’s holy, would he do something as stupid as that?”

Then it struck me. He must have had a negative belief so strong that it sabotaged his happiness. He “KNEW” he couldn’t be that lucky as to have this young lady. So he made sure he was right.

It seems to me we have an incredible power. We can choose how life is to be for us. Believe it hard enough and, sure enough, it happens! Talk about the secret, the Law Of Attraction.

Or maybe it’s simply the fact that we make a decision in a particular direction and focus all our intention in that area. Then we make it happen.

I suppose it depends on what you want in life.

Beware of what you believe. It will come true.

Just make sure it’s positive.

Regards,

Ollie

I went on in the higher grade match first. In the warm up my opponent, younger, bigger and much more powerful when he hit the ball, looked a worldbeater. It looked as if I was on a hiding to nothing.

Watching this fellow hit the ball as if he hated it and trying to get it back, the thought struck me. “this guy really likes to hit the ball hard and he has great reflexes. Maybe if I mix it up I might take some points off him.”

The match started and I hit the ball away from him as much as I could. Then it happened. I claim no credit for it at all. It was as if a switch went off in my head and I only focused on the single shot I was playing at the time.

All of a sudden the ball didn’t seem to be travelling as fast, I was able to get in good position and all my shots actually went where I wanted them to go. I even had to be told when the first game was over. I had focussed so hard I had no idea what the score was.

The next two ganes passed in exactly the same fashion and I won the match 3-0. My opponent was upset as he knew I was from a much lower grade and he had expected to have an easy match.

No one was more surprised then me when I won. The team members was astonished and, of course, pleased.

I went back to my own team and exactly the same thing happened. It was one of those nights. When I got home I thought about the night. What had been different?

Then I realised. I had been entirely in the present. I hadn’t thought about it at all. I simply focussed on the ball and hitting it where I wanted it to go. I was exhilarated at having control of my actions and really experienced the moment. Nothing else, just the moment.

The difference was I simply was. I was in the present and lived the experience to the fullest.

If only we could focus like that all the time. What an experience life would be then.

I invite you to the present. It’s a great time and, in fact, it’s the only time you have.

Regards,

Ollie Lind