We are in the second half of July and the backend of summer.
The leaves up in the trees are in their middle age. Soon when the wind blows they will have that crispy sound of fall approaching.
This is the time between the All Star Break and the first preseason game. Time is moving quickly… the days are becoming shorter and the festivals numbered.
If you notice how the good times of summer quickly vanish… you need to realize the tough times in life move just as fast.
I once took a piece of graph paper. On the top I wrote “John Shepley’s Life.”
On the vertical line I put the numbers 1 to 16. I used these numbers because the NFL had 16 games in a season and 8 is 500.
On the horizontal lines I wrote the years starting with the year I was born. The first five years I gave myself an 8. I figured those were growing years and I was at least winning as many as I was losing.
This is a great way of analyzing your life. Does your life resemble the stock market? Have you had some Bull years followed by a recession?
Take the good times… take the bad times. Invest in yourself to handle the down years. Because YOU WILL find the uptick that moves your life/chart higher.
Be Patient-Be Strong!
Cloudy day in Chicagoland… oh shit a Cardinal just landed on the rail of my balcony… I got all tingly!
Heaven really is closer than you think… my dad just stopped by and said hello.
Anyway… get your weekend going. Put on your Wayfarers Baby… soon the boys of summer will be gone.
