Is there anybody out there?

Just noticed that I could compose this in 'Wingdings' why did MS include that as a font in anything? I think that one random day a week should be wingding day. All emails, docs, spreadsheets and power points should be created in wingdings. (Oh and don't tell anyone...)

Now on for some more serious stuff. First I have to thank Page for recommending a great book - "The Power of Full Engagement". http://www.amazon.com/Power-Full-Engagement-Managing-Performance/dp/0743226747
I look forward to our further discussions.
I recommend it to everyone, regardless of your chosen profession. It talks a lot about managing energy rather than time and how to do it. A couple of posts ago I talked about the how there are different parts and needs of whole body. This book addresses that. I am going to completely over simplify one of the concepts, but I think its something every one can use.

The authors talk about defining your core values. I think we all have values, some are included in our religious beliefs, others are values that we came to this earth with and some are values that we develop or nurture over time. One of the values I am trying to become more passionate about is self care. One of the things these guys teach is that to help stay true to your values is to ask your self, as you are making a decision, 'how does this serve my core values'? I have been trying this out and it works well (when I man up and ask the question.) Try it...

So I have another thought that I would like to share. Sorry for the length, but hey its my blog... I have a friend who was recently diagnosed with a potentially fatal brain tumor. He is a couple of years younger than I, a father of three, a great husband, hard worker, super intelligent and talented, and to top it all off he is a fellow Ute. Like most others that I know that have or are fighting or a have lost to this nasty c word, he has thrown all that he has to win the battle. I don't want to make light of what anyone else has gone through to overcome their afflictions, but Rich has flown cross country, a couple of times, to meet with specialists in KC, Cambridge MA, and SLC. They moved their family to SLC so they could be close to familial support and world class treatment at the Huntsman Cancer Institute.

So how does this fit in to Josh's blog about loosing weight?? I have a potentially fatal condition as well. I don't need to take radiation or chemo treatments, I don't have a plethora of pills I need to take, I don't even have to have painful operations to help me with my battle, and the worst part of it all; the condition I have is of my own volition. To beat this I all I have to do is eat right and get off the couch. If I were battling cancer, I know I would do the same as Rich. Why is this so hard?

I am 185...