Inspirational Thoughts for 5/24/19
by Patricia Feager
"BE NOT AFRAID OF LIFE. BELIEVE THAT LIFE IS
WORTH LIVING, AND YOUR LIFE WILL HELP
CREATE THE FACT"
---WILLIAM JAMES, PHILOSOPHER (1897)
Life can be as exciting or complex as we create it to be. This photo was taken while I was in Tennessee earlier this month where thoughts ran deep at the Rockvale Writers Colony. I find that when I create my own space for an interrupted period of time away from my business, just long enough to think about life, I can see things more clearly.
Too often the feeling of returning home after having had an amazing experience can rapidly fade from awareness when we allow other people's priorities to take precedence over our own. The need to unpack our suitcase isn't the only thing we need to do when we return. Since I got back the need to please, to do, complete, tackle, catch up and get back into the routine can be exhausting.
We only get one chance at this thing called life and that's a fact. As a self-employed owner in business building relationships with people is our most important assets. However, deep down inside is this other person called you with your own needs, wants, and desires. Carrying out the duties for the sake of others is a necessity in business. The fact that in Corporate America a CEO makes thousands or even millions more than the average employee does not escape my attention that regardless of how much the sale of property may be the fee for services in real estate sales is by far less than the minimum or average amount of money earned by a single employee who isn't self-employed. Responsibilities and rewards must be weighed. After all, in this game of life when all is said and done, I guarantee, the number of sales will not be disclosed, nor the number of reduced commissions, or the gathering of all the clients I previously served. As long as I live, it is much, much more than business. It's personal. And that's a fact.
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