Bob Meyer

I am pretty sure everyone has had an experience where they had something, maybe it was a relationship or buying a new car or new home, where we thought "this is it, this is great", realizing later that maybe it was truly great but not as great as something GREATER.

What if we went ahead and strived for something "greater" from the beginning? THINK BIG!! THINK BETTER!! We, as humans, can sometimes be emotionally lead, (not all of us, all the time) but we have quick knee-jerk reactions to the things that make us happy, in that moment. When we are making decisions we should always be keeping in mind, "what do I have once the newness has worn off?", "just because this is great, is there something greater for me?", "is this exactly what I want?". I know not everyone will grab this concept and run with it, we are battling a life time of human habits, but do we want to continue down the mediocre road that has a worn out and treaded path or travel a road of wisdomand luxury?

We should see ourselves more valuable and worthy of never settling. Settling can be a point or perspective. 'Settle' can mean, to some, "I'm not settling for second best" or for those of us who think bigger, 'settling' would mean "I'm not settling for Best, I want even Better than that, I deserve it".

We have all heard the phrase "one man's trash is another man's treasure", what can you do with someone else's discarded opportunity, what potential do you see in things where most people see nothing? If someone offered you a million dollars that would be GREAT!! Right?! But not as great as $10 million!!

So going forward, lets think about every step, don't make rash decisions, ask yourself all these things, pass on the things that aren't necessary and use the right opportunities as a stepping stone to those $10 million moments of true GREATNESS.

We all know there are a lot of ways to show respect to those around us. For example; be polite, hold the door, don't interrupt....you know, all the guidelines that mom and dad and grandparents try to instill, but there are ways to show respect that aren't as obvious (to some).

It is a common understanding that everyone has different lifestyles. You could walk into a neighbors house and they probably keep the tupperware in a different cabinet than you do or the lunch meat is in a different drawer in the fridge. One person may not mind tackling piles of clothes just to find the couch, when another person may want all the fringe on the throw rug straightened out so they can relax.

Some people bring their home enviroment to work. In some of cases, that isn't necessarily a bad thing, you know the overly organized and extremely clean people. Well lets face it, we like them there because we know they will clean it up, but is that really showing them respect? We can't take them home and make them follow us around with a tool belt of cleaning equipment, so why would we have them do it at work. Would you want to go home and sift through someones else mess that they just dropped off and left on your living room floor? No!

Lets get back to the basics of human interaction and common respect between us and those around us. When we were kids we were so anxious to become adults, now that we are adults, lets BE adults and show the ultimate respect by being aware that we are not the only one there. You never know when someone else is looking out for you, so lets keep looking out for each other. Ralph Emerson said "men are respectable only as they respect". BE the example of how you want to be treated by being that person yourself.

R.E.S.P.E.C.T.