Simply Remember to Play Laugh Grow

I was playing with my son this evening and was kindly reminded about the simple joys in life. He didn't do anything extraordinary or say something ridiculously funny. He just looked at me and I could see the love in his eyse and happiness in his smile.

As I was absorbing in this magical moment, a commercial came on television. It was an advertisement by Fisher-Price and their ongoing campaign of Play Laugh Grow.

It got me thinking about the mind set of real estate professionals that I have been in contact with over the past year throughout Northwest Indiana and the greater Chicago land market. Unless you have been living in an underground bunker with no access to any media, everyone is aware of the financial and housing collapse that has demoralized so many.

Let me state that this is not just about Realtors. Even I as a Certified Mortgage Planner in a small town of 10,000 people in Chesterton Indiana have slipped mentally and succumbed to the reality of the market.

Many times it is not of my own doing but things that are really out of my control. The biggest of these things has been government intervention on a weekends whim. Needless to say, grasping for a glimmer of hope and a ray of light has been difficult for many as our lives have been impacted like so many of our clients.

The real estate industry as a whole has become frustrating, disheartening, exhausting, anxiety driven and created many skeptical practitioners. Here is where the commercial brought it home for me.

Life is too short. So get out there and remember the joys we had when the market was on fire. Remember why we love this business so much. Simply Remember to Play Laugh Grow!