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THE ART OF LIVING Attitude of Gratitude By Barry Farber, Diamond Minds

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am grateful for the opportunity to be able to write for so many years and I wanted to thank all the readers for your inspir ing letters and continued support. I do hope my column lifts you up and makes you look at life a little differently. Sometimes we just need

our actions and it all starts in the mind. • Constant learning = Constant action. Both are equal-both are necessary. We learn from our actions-we act from our learning. One without the other suffers. Both together provide depth and clarity in truth. • Successful people do the things that unsuc cessful people don’t like to do. • When changes come your way, keep an open mind and look for ways to take advantage of the situation by not being so rigid in your ap proach. When we get set in our ways that is what seems to get “in the way” of new oppor tunities. • No one cares how much you know until they see how much you care. Learn to listen more than you talk.

reminding of the basics and simple things that make us appreciate what we have and live life to its fullest. Here are some of those reminders… • The founder of Ralston Purina said, “Catch a passion for helping others and a richer life comes back to you.” When your focus is on el evating others, you in turn elevate yourself. We are at our best when we are providing a valuable service to others. As the late great Earl Nightin gale said, “Our rewards in life are in direct pro portion to our service.” • Breathe. In every martial art, breathing is one of the most critical factors for control and pow er. Yet it is one of the last things we think of when confronted with conflict. Breathing calms you, brings oxygen to your blood and heart, im proves mental observation and concentration, and ultimately reduces stress. • One of my favorite quotes by Winston Chur chill goes, “A pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees opportunity in ev ery difficulty.” There is always something valu able that can be derived out of difficulty, adver sity or change. • Learn your craft well. Study everything about your profession so you attain deep knowledge. That deep understanding gives you great confi dence which is one of the greatest assets one can possess when faced with adversity and a chal lenging environment.

One of the most inspiring thoughts ever writ ten was produced some 4500 years ago in San skrit; I am sharing it in translation: “Look well to this one day, for it and it alone is life. In the brief course of this one day lies all the verities and realities of your existence— the pride of growth, the glory of action, the splendor of beauty. Yesterday is only a dream, and tomorrow is but a vision. Yet each day, well lived, makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and each tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well, therefore, to this one day, for it and it alone is life.” And to the husband and wife in Whole Foods the other day…thank you for your kind words! BARRY FARBER is a best-selling author, an award-winning radio and television host as well as an agent and marketing consultant for corporations, professional athletes, and enter tainers. He’s also the creator and marketer of the FoldzFlat® Pens. His latest release is an inspirational children’s book, In Search of the Magic Tree, available at www.barryfarber.com. Tune into his new TV Show, Diamond Minds, now on Brinx.tv. Follow him @barryfarberofficial.

I do hope my column lifts you up and makes you look at life a little differently.

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