I’m sitting in the gray, empty Clarion-Ledger building, where I’ve been for about an hour. I’m sleepy. Very sleepy. It’s early, but I am getting a lot done. Silence is a great assistant.
Today’s to-do list includes a couple of cartoons and then the radio show. In between, I have some events to plan. Rest is not an option. One of the impacts of being made part-time is that I’m determined to never again experience the hopeless feeling of sitting in an office, having your job cut and being told your hard work doesn’t matter.
It does matter. Yours does, too. That’s one of the problems we have in this country right now: A crisis of confidence. We’ve been made to feel that what we do makes no difference. You work hard and out of the blue, you get cut.
You do make a difference.
I read this blog this morning that success guru Tony Robbins linked to it on his Twitter account. It’s the last posts from a man who died this morning. He was diagnosed with terminal cancer on June 11. He passed away on August 6. He faced the end of his life with courage, a positive attitude and in the process, inspired thousands. I’m inspired. He reminded me of how short our life is on this earth. And that we have to make the most of it.
A friend of mine tweeted that I could find the positive in a pile of crap. Trust me, it’s not by nature. It’s by choice. It’s by necessity.
Now to get to work. I have to take advantage of every breath. Like you, I have a difference to make today.
Some powerful words MR! and how true.