In tracing your family tree, first realize that you-yourself represent all that's best and worst of your forefathers. Your sense of fun, talents and skills in life are in part your heritage revitalized, brought together with your own new and fresh perspective and life experiences.

If you look over your shoulder by dwelling on the past, you will never see the beauty of what lies ahead and you will hit every pothole in the road. The past is gone, so look ahead and go around the potholes. Only you can control your future.

Are your Laughs per Day (LPD) average running low? Laughter is so essential to a healthy happy life. It will make even the bleakest of situations seem lighter. The problem is you can get so caught up in what is happening that you can forget to laugh. Remind yourself everyday to laugh. During challenging times I have been known to write on my calendar “Don’t forget to laugh today."

Reputation is built like an exquisite sand castle that takes long to build but only moments to destroy.