You can make a difference because you are remarkable.

I am saying this because I believe not only in myself but I believe in you.

Each of us is remarkable – we can move from poverty to wealth, illness to health, sadness to joy because we have inside of us an incredible mind that can help us solve problems and turn them into opportunities.

I had a huge challenge recently when it came to continuing my life’s work when I moved to a country where I did not speak the language. The solution I had to learn the language or I could not secure work. Out of necessity I learned a new language.

Of course, along the path I heard many people tell me I could not learn a new language in my forties. Especially since I spoke no French before I arrived in France. Well, they were wrong. I now do business in French and English.

Truly I believe, if you don’t like what is happening in your life whether it is work or a relationship you can change it and you can change it by using your own ability to change how you think and what actions you take in your life.

We live in an exciting world since most of us are not controlled by outside circumstance. We are controlled only by how we think.

Today, if you don’t see yourself already making a difference in this world, the difference you want to make, make a decision, write down what you wish to achieve and note the steps you need to take to achieve it because you can.

Your friend on the journey,

David

P.S. Use the resources I have given you as gifts.

Smart Goal Setting Explained - How to Organize and Achieve your Goals

Books that keep your Mind growing – inject your mind each day with great ideas

Free Resources to help you Make a difference

Remember to tell your friends about all these resources. Spread the word. Spread the love.

Social Anthropologist Edward T. Hall once claimed that over sixty percent of our communication is non-verbal. Now researchers know that what Edward T. Hall said is true and that as little as ten percent of our communication of emotions like happiness is verbal. Frequent studies show humans communicate happiness and other information more by stance, posture, facial expressions, hand gestures than they ever do with words.

Most adults are dependant on verbal language and this dependency is typically only broken out of necessity. Yet learning to understand non-verbal communication opens up a whole new world.

Imagine being able to meet someone who speaks nothing of your native language and you can still communicate with them. This can bring a whole new avenue of happiness into your life. This is possible when you learn sign language.

With a little adjustment due to cultural differences deaf people can communicate across boundaries typically blocked by verbal language differences.

Sign language can also make it possible for parents to communicate with their children at their pre-verbal stage. Children as young as nine months old are able to learn signs for ‘milk’, ‘more’ and ‘ I don’t know’ . Imagine as a parent the relief of knowing that your child is screaming out of hunger instead of you passing time checking for lost toys or a wet diaper. Imagine a world where all children and adults can communicate regardless of country of origin or the presence of a mental or physical challenge.

Go this way to learn more about Sign Language

Your friend on the journey,

David

I was thinking about the road less traveled today because today my family and I visited a well known village in the south of France called Gourdon.

Gourdon Village Map

Church in Gourdon

To get to Gourdon you have two personal choices one is to take a car (like you will see picture one below). Two is to take the trail from Bar Sur Loup a village down below in the valley (see picture number two and note the red circle)

Option number one

Option number two

My family and I love to test our personal limits so we took option two – a hike that at its end is steep and offers inspiring views on the way. The hike is indeed the road less traveled.

I have heard it said that ‘what you do in one part of your life is reflected in all parts of your life’. Do you take the road less traveled?

Your friend on the journey,

David

P.S. I don’t want to take credit for the phrase the road less traveled as it is from the title of a poem by Robert Frost and the title of a book by Scott Peck who I once had the joy of listening to as a small part of an audience in Canada. The Road Less Traveled became an epic bestseller By Dr. Peck that I have read many times. Check it out if you have not