It's easy when its easy!

It's easy when it's easy...WHAT?!

When things are going great, it is easy to feel good about everything going on and it is easy to stay positive. That's why I always say that the internal barometer of a person is best seen when they are struggling.

You see, we all hit the highs and the lows, but it is easier to see what kind of internal fortitude people possess when things aren't going their way. Are they still nice people? Do they treat their spouse with love and respect, or do they become absolute jerks? Some people believe that they will become great benefactors of the human race when they make it big...but in the mean time, they are just going to be self-centered until they get to the top...Here is a newsflash for you, THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN!

If you are a jerk, you will just be a bigger jerk when you have fame and fortune...money, power and fame make you more of what you, intrinsically, are. That means if you are a great person without money, you will probably go on to be a great person with money....

But I digress (a little.) Let's face it, we are facing some pretty tough times right now on a lot of levels. Look around to see how those around you are weathering the storm. Take a look at yourself and see how you are handling all of the pressures facing us as individuals and furthermore as a nation. Now more than ever we need to look inside ourselves to find out what we are really made of. Consider these trying times a gift to find ourselves, or rather the center of ourselves. Up to this point, very few of us have ever had to take stock of who we are and where we are headed. Now, we have that opportunity...yes, opportunity. Be thankful for it.

So, our plans are not as solid as we may have thought and our reality has been shaken over the past 2 years. I submit to you that it may get worse before it gets better. Take time to figure out what is really important to you and what is not. I am not here to tell you what you should have as your top priority...only you can know that, but at the very least, take a look inside to see what is going on inside of you every once in a while. That way, it will be much easier when it is easy and it won't be so hard the next time it's hard.

...and that is the spirit of Suck it up, Buttercup!

Rob