Life is Now by Bob Conklin

A farmer had been desperately looking, with no success, for a hired hand. Finally a young man showed up and said, " I hear you've been looking for some help."
"I sure have," replied the farmer. What can you do? Can you run a tractor?" "Nope," answered the fellow. "How about a milking machine?" "Never worked one of those either."
After a few more questions with the same negative responses the farmer finally ask, "Well, what can you do?"
"I can sleep while the wind blows," said the young man.
In no mood for joking, the farmer almost told the fellow to be on his was. But he needed help so badly that he decided to give the youth a try.
A week or so later the farmer woke in the middle of the night. Outside a storm was blustering; swatches of windblown rain was battering away at the windows. The farmer jumps out of bed and went to the hired hand's bedroom. Efforts to rouse the helper were like trying to waken a sack of oats.
So the farmer by himself rushed outdoors to take care of things. But when he got to the barn the doors were shut and bolted. The animals were securely in the shelter. Remembering that there was straw and feed in back of the barn that could be ruined by the rain he hurried outside once more. But his concerns were unfounded for the piles were covered with canvas and fastened down.
It was then that he realized the significance of the youn man's prophetic claim, "I can sleep when the wind blows."

This is a neat little story that reminds us not to wait until we are burdened with desperation or calamity before accepting personal responsibility for living our lives successfully. Almost all of the strains, anxities, and worries of the future could be eliminated by the way we conduct ourselves today. We must remember, "Life is what happens while we are making other plans!" Even as we think about all the things that we are going to do someday, life is still going on.
Do you want happiness? Do you want success? Do you want more love and friendship? Start giving some away today. Write a letter. Phone a friend. Say a kind word. Smile. But do it now.
A lifetime is a bunch of moments, a lot of "right nows" that are chained together hour after hour, week after week, year after year. Using today to show kindness to those around you, you saturate your mind with positive thoughts, and to do your work as well as you know how will enable you to "sleep when the wind blows"!

Probably those who read what I have been putting on this blog do not really need the this type of information. I simply write it as a reminder and relay to you some of the things that have helped me thru the years.