Life is "Remarkable!"

by Skip Cohen

Sunday Morning Reflections are rarely about business or marketing, but my time to be a little more personal. This morning, I sat down at the computer and spent the next forty-five minutes trying to figure out what to write about. It finally hit me...

Turn the clock back to when you were a kid. It took so little to be happy and laugh. There was no place we couldn't go with our imaginations in full gear! Into adulthood, so many of us let the stress in our lives stifle our ability to laugh more and just be happy.

Well, this morning it dawned my how amazing life truly is. In fact, to quote the original Little Rascals...It's REMARKABLE!

My life has evolved into time with Sheila, two pups, wonderful routines, a few great friends, and a whole lot of laughter. My imagination is in full gear.

Every day starts with puppy time. Then Sheila and I have breakfast together and progress into the day. After dealing with COVID, which we managed to avoid for four years, we're back to walking every morning. I spend a good deal of the day working, but there's that line about if you love what you do, you'll never work a day in your life. Like so many of you who have found that sweet spot in your careers, you know exactly what I'm talking about.

STOP WAITING FOR FRIDAY, for summer, for someone to fall in love with you, for life.
Happiness is achieved when you stop waiting for it
and make the most of the moment you're in now.
Genevieve Colmer

​Here's my point - so many people spend so much time looking and waiting to find happiness when the reality is that it's right there, right now! It's a not-so-secret ingredient of trusting your heart, appreciating life, and doing your best not to waste time, your most valuable commodity.

And if you're not happy and diving out of bed each day smiling, take a break and think through what seems to be in the way. As photographers especially, you can't create photographs that tug at people's heartstrings if your own heart isn't in it. Once you tweak the recipe for being happy, you'll be amazed at how your creativity ramps up as well. That imagination you had as a kid will be back in full swing.

Wishing everybody a day where you take the time to appreciate all the happiness around you. I get that sounds pretty sappy and even hokey, but the key is in that quote above.

​Happiness is achieved when you stop waiting for it.