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Lessons in Patience from the World’s Slowest Pedestrian

August 20, 2015 by Scott "Q" Marcus Leave a Comment

I’m impatient, tense, and in a frenzy as I pull up to the intersection to turn right.

angry driver

The light’s green but because a meandering male pedestrian is wandering unhurriedly across the crosswalk on the street to which I’m trying to turn, I’m stalled.

He’s quite the eyeful; forty and short – maybe five and a half feet tall, with a hobbit-type potbelly.

His brown hair is a bird nest of a toupee with the crown not even pretending to match the temples. He’s adorned in a garish, undersized, well-worn, striped, algae-greenish, polyester sports coat that doesn’t fit him — or the current decade. His trousers are twisted so his fly doesn’t line up with his belt buckle. Neither is aligned with the center of his body, each wrenched askew in a different direction. The waist of his pants is pulled up so high, resulting in the pant-legs being too short, exposing his calves well above his socks. (As a kid, we called those, “high waters” because if there were a flood, you wouldn’t get your pants wet.) Pants, grey; shoes, maroon; socks yellow — he obviously did not have a wife to help him choose his clothes.

Wrapped within his short arms that the sport coat’s sleeves do not cover, pressed to his chest, are too many files in too few folders. While navigating the crosswalk, he’s trying to prevent the papers from sliding out of the packets on to the ground, causing his hands to be constantly in motion, sliding hither and yon across them. Further complicating this maneuver, is his Styrofoam cup full of coffee held at a dangerously perilous angle. With each step, the brown liquid sloshes over the brim of the cup, splashing him and his documents. It’s clearly hot because when it makes contact, he winces.

To top it off, he’s slower than a sloth.

Granted, if I wasn’t so stressed, it might not have bothered me. After all, it was almost like observing the offspring of a gnome and a businessman, and how often does one see that?

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Filed Under: Happiness, humor, Inspiration, Newspaper Column, Power of Attitude, Relationships Tagged With: attitude, happiness, humor, observations, patience, relationships

Live Your Life 10 Minutes in the Future

February 9, 2015 by Scott "Q" Marcus Leave a Comment

rocket-ship-and-planet

Although the best advice for a happy life is to “live in the NOW,” that doesn’t always apply.

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Filed Under: Change, Diet, goals, Habits, Health, Motivational Monday, Overcoming Obstacles, Weight Loss, willpower Tagged With: gratification, habit change, making change, patience, Think 1st

We Are Given the Tools We Need When We Need Them

November 10, 2014 by Scott "Q" Marcus Leave a Comment

girl-with-power-tool

Question: Could the 20-year “you” of so long ago run the complexities of the life you live today?

Answer: Definitely not.

Even if you had your act “together” at that young age, younger “you” did not have the knowledge nor the skills to manage all the details of the life you now have.

As they say, “You didn’t even know what you didn’t know.”

Yet, as you’ve aged and faced a myriad of experiences, you have grown and become wise, learning how to handle what is presented to you, eventually making it part of your routine.

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Filed Under: Asking for help, Change, Failure, Motivational Monday, Success Tagged With: handling change, keeping faith, making change, massive changes, patience

The First Step in Feeling Better

January 9, 2013 by Scott "Q" Marcus Leave a Comment

I take pride in this column.

Every Wednesday for eight years, I plant myself at my computer and conjure up what I hope is the best way to utilize the power of 600 words. Sometimes, ideas explode forth with volcanic fury and I cannot keep up. Oft times, I rearrange the pixels on my screen for the better part of a day. However, I trudge on until I am satisfied enough to forward it with pride to the editors who so graciously publish and post it.

What astounds me is which pieces get the most, or least, feedback.

Articles I’m convinced will generate a firestorm sometimes barely ignite a spark, whereby those I presumed would simply cause quiet contemplation will produce a flood of reactions via email, phone calls, and strangers approaching me to continue the discussion. Last week’s column (Practical, simple advice to feel better quickly) was of the latter category. I was pleasantly stunned with the number of comments about its practicality and helpfulness. Therefore, I will take it deeper.

What I did not have room for in that piece was the preliminary step, even prior to changing one’s ideas and behaviors. Preceding the rearrangement of one’s routines, one must query of himself: “Why am I going to change this?” Whether the topic is diet, relationships, finance, or attitude; this question is essential as it establishes motive, which affects the likelihood of success — or failure.

The answer will fall into one of three main categories:

  1. I want to live a better, happier, or healthier life
  2. I need to change or things will get worse
  3. I should do it (or I’ve been told I should do it)

With dedication, planning, and patience, the odds of success from number one or two is strong. This is so because the drive is internally motivated. Contrarily, if the inner voice replies with should, the results — if any — will be short-lived.

“Should” is the word used by the invisible committee of “they” to run our lives.

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Filed Under: Change, goals, Newspaper Column, Psychology, Self Talk Tagged With: achieving your goals, dedication, goal setting, lifestyle change, motivation, patience, resolutions that stick

Treating Others Well

May 14, 2012 by Scott "Q" Marcus Leave a Comment

angel fish kissing

Wealth and success are the natural results of treating others with integrity honesty, patience, and love.

We get confused. We think the universe if limited. It’s not. It has no end and no limits. The more we give, the more we get.

Give more. Get more.

Enjoy your reward.

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Filed Under: Inspiration, Motivational Monday, Success Tagged With: honesty, integrity, love, patience, prosperity

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