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When I was a kid I’d go fishing with friends. I recall using a small red lure called a “daredevil” to catch pickerel. I’d cast the lure near lily pads and hope I’d get a strike. The lure worked fairly well and soon I’d get a strike and a large pickerel would leap out of the water with the lure stuck in its mouth. If the pickerel let the lure pass, it had another day to enjoy life. How many times do you and I snap at the lure someone tosses by us. If we only let it go, the day would have been a happier one. Today, let the lures pass by and enjoy life.

Birds swoop into my bird feeder as if it hosts a fantastic buffet. Every so often, a large hawk swoops in and picks up an unsuspecting dove walking out from the protection of the trees. In nature, there are consequences for actions. The same is true for humans. What we eat has consequences for our health. How we treat others has consequences for how others will treat us. Just like the birds flying in and out of my bird feeder, we have consequences for all our actions. 

It’s not the goal that’s difficult. It’s the prep work, done everyday, often without reward that is difficult. Those that do will reach their goals. Those that don’t will always be staring at the summit. Which one are you?

What are you looking for today? Whatever it is, chances are you’ll find it. Looking for something to make you angry? It’s waiting for you. Looking for a chance to be kind? It’s also there. Looking for the good in coworker? You’ll encounter it. What we search for, we usually find. Search for the right things and happiness will knock at your door.