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Welcome to your Mid April FORWARD-LIVING LETTER!

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I've been thinking a lot about success and achievement lately.
I've come to believe that our success is not something that
“just happens”. Our success or lack of success is a direct result
of the decisions we make.

If we want to become wealthy, we must make wealthy decisions.
If we want to become part of a healthy relationship, we must make
healthy relationship decisions. 

If we want to become physically fit, we must make physically fit
decisions.

If we want to become more spiritual, we must make spiritual
decisions.

This may seem overly simplified but this is where it starts. It
starts with motivation. And motivation generates decision.
The problem enters when we allow our emotions to interfere
with our logical decision process.

Example: If you want to lose weight, your logical
decisions should be to eat less and exercise more. Simple.
Right? It’s simple until you allow your emotions to help
make your weight loss decisions.

When your emotions enter the picture, you’ll soon notice that
you’ve “decided” that “one piece of pie won’t hurt this one
time.” After all you love pie. And then 2 pieces of pie and
a bowl of ice cream later, you “decide” that you’ve already blown
your eating habits to lose weight so what’s the point anymore.

You must keep your emotional decisions and logical decisions in
check.

Example 2: If you’re trying to build wealth, you must
make logical wealth building decisions. Simple again, right?
Well let’s see… You’ve been making good decisions and
sticking to your budget that is designed to definitely
lead you down the road of wealth.

But you’ve been renting this apartment and you know one day you
want to buy a house. So instead of waiting, you go on ahead and
start looking. You see a house you like and grow extremely
attached to it. It’s got everything you’ve ever thought you might
want in your dream home.

So you get pre-approved and qualify for more than you ever
thought you could (of course). Even though this house is more
than you were going to spend, you go ahead and make the offer,
then the counter offer. You end up purchasing your dream home.

But at what cost? You're now are back to where you started –
stretching to make ends meet and living paycheck to paycheck.
Your emotions bled over into your logical decision making
process.

Farfetched?

I don’t think so. I know someone who actually did this. And it or
something frightening close has probably happened to you or
someone you know.

This is a crucial point to success. We must keep our emotional
and logical processes of decision making separate if we want to
succeed in our own predetermined endeavors.

Don’t get me wrong. Emotions have their place and are a great
source of successful living. But when we need to make logical,
life-changing decisions, it may be a good idea to keep emotions
and logic separate.

Until next time...

Michelle, my wife is doing great! She came through her surgery
just fine. The procedure took all of 35 minutes! That's right.
35 minutes! They wrapped her abdomen in lead blankets to protect
the baby and they say the baby is doing fine. The medical staff
ran a series of "strips" - that's medical for a fetal EKG. The
baby's heartbeat looks strong and healthy.

Thank you for your messages of encouragement and prayers. We
are extremely thankful and now I know what kind of people are
part of this forward-living family. You all are awesome!

Thank you again.

Incidentally, if you have a name that you think would fit our
family here, I'd like to hear some suggestions. But here are the
rules...

We have 3 already. Chris 12 years old.  Colin 8 years old.
And Cameron who is 18 months old. Now we need another "C" name.
I know... how corny. But we can't stop now. This little guy may
be traumatized if he doesn't have a "C" name like his brothers.

So, please send me your suggestions of "C" names. But it has to
have the "C" sound. "C" names with the "Ch" are off limits.

Send them to info@forward-living.com

Again, thank you for your kind words and your prayers.

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."

- Eleanor Roosevelt


 

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Forward-Living
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Montgomery, Alabama 36124

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