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If You Could Begin Your Life Over by Tim Connor One of my favorite questions to ask members of an audience is, "If you knew then, what you know now, would you have lived any area of your life differently?" The two follow-up questions are always more difficult for many people: "Why that area?" and "How?" You see, if you knew then what you know now, you wouldn't be where you are now. You wouldn't have what you now have, and you wouldn't be with whom you are with now. Not that any of these things are good or bad (they could be either if you choose to see them that way). There is a metaphysical concept that says: Each of us is where we are supposed to be - and we have experienced what we needed to experience to grow and learn what we needed to learn. I haven't lost it or gone off the deep end. Just give me a few more minutes before sending me an e-mail to vent your disagreement. (Yes, some people actually do that). Let's assume you have had a very difficult time in life - financially, personally, health issue, relationship issue - or some other area. And let's also assume you didn't want whatever this was in your life. If given the choice, you would not have chosen what was in your life. Let's further assume your perception of it at the time was negative. A lot of assumptions, I know, but I have chosen not to deal in a real per- sonal issue here. Let's further assume it changed the remainder of your l ife - career, where you lived, your health, etc. forever. Let's further assume you believe, if this hadn't happened, your life would have turned out better than it did in the long run. I have only one question to all of these assumptions: Why or why not? Life happens. What makes what happens posi t ive or negat ive is not what happens, but what happens inside our heads and hearts. I am not saying rape, divorce, and bankruptcy are posi- tive things, and I am not even saying good things will or can always come from them. What I am saying is: What comes from them is up to you. How your life turns out is up to you. What you leave behind as a legacy is up to you. The lives you touch are up to you. What you share is up to you. What you learn is up to you. The lessons from the fail- ures and successes in your life are up to you. I could go on, but I don't want to kill a fly with a hammer. Tim To receive Tim’s weekly FREE motivational booster articles, contact him at www.timconnor.com with “please add me to your free booster e-mail subscriber list” in the subject line. Or contact him via e-mail to michele@ worldwidedrillingresource.com 50 FEBRUARY 2019 WorldWide Drilling Resource ® April Issue Deadlines! Space Reservation: February 25 th Display & Classified Ad Copy: March 1 st