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Stop Time waits for no one, and in my opinion, it is

our most valuable asset. Once it is spent, we

Waiting don’t get “a do over” and we have no idea how
many “tomorrows” we have left. As a former
police officer, I have witnessed hundreds of
occasions when there was no longer a
and Start tomorrow. I saw it personally in my own life
when my mom passed away at the age of 59
from early onset Alzheimer’s. She took all her
Living dreams to the grave with her, and I decided
that I would not do the same.

The problem today is this. People are “woo”
busy as I call it. Have you ever asked someone
how they are, and the first words out of their
By Julie Jones mouth are “I am busy”. They are on the
hamster wheel of life, doing, doing, doing
instead of saying YES to life opportunities.
Have you ever stopped and thought about the People in our lives are so busy with distractions
legacy and impact that you are leaving with that they truly forget what life is all about.
your life? Does it feel as if time is going by Sound familiar? Being busy is not a badge of
faster and faster, passing in a blur, and you honor.
want to yell “I have so much left to do?”

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