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Harvey Mackay
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I recently came across this wonderful poem by Nancye Sims, “A Creed to Live By.” It captures life’s challenges in a very inspirational fashion, and I hope you learn as much from it as I have. D o n ' t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. It is because we are different that each of us is special.
In our materialistic society, there will always be people who have a bigger house, nicer car and so on. Get over it. The happiest people don’t necessarily have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything.
Don't set your goals by what other people deem important. Only you know what is best for you.
Anytime is a perfect time to set your goals for the year, for the decade or for the rest of your life. After all, if you don’t know what you want to achieve, how will you know when you get there? Goals not only give you more than a reason to get up in the morning; they are an incentive to keep you going all day. Achieving goals produces significant accomplishments.
Don't take for granted the things closest to your heart. Cling to them as you would your life, for without them life is meaningless.
Focus on what is important to you. The subtitle to one of my books is “Do what you love. Love what you do.” And remember the people who mean the most to you too.
Don't let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future. By living your life one day at a time, you live all the days of your life.
The present is when you can change your life. Mother Teresa said it best, “Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.”
Don't give up when you still have something to give. Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.
One of my lessons when I speak to corporate audiences is believe in yourself even when no one else does. Who says that you’re not tougher and better and smarter and harder working and more able than your competition? It doesn’t matter if they say you can’t do it. The only thing that matters is if you say it.
Don't be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each other.
No one is perfect. Everyone makes mistakes. The important point is to admit your mistakes, learn from them and move on.
Don't be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.
One of the reasons we admire people who take risks is that most of us are scared stiff at the prospect of taking risks ourselves. No risk, no success.
Don't shut love out of your life by saying it's impossible to find. The quickest way to receive love is to give love. The fastest way to lose love is to hold it too tightly; and the best way to keep love is to give it wings.
Love never asks, “What can I get?” It asks, “What can I give?” Ever notice how poets talk about love? It’s usually about the other person.
FLAG DISPOSAL
Tuesday, Sept. 7th • 6 PM Melrose American Legion 265 Co. Rd. 173 SE Melrose, MN 56352
Everyone is welcome. Unserviceable flags may be dropped by the back door of the Legion prior to the ceremony.
If we all care about others, that means someone is caring about us too.
Don't dismiss your dreams. To be without dreams is to be without hope; to be without hope is to be without purpose.
I often joke that it takes years to become an overnight success. But it starts with a dream. My dream was to own a factory. I wasn’t even sure what kind of product I’d make, or exactly where it would be. But I pictured myself walking the factory floor, talking to workers. The pile of broken-down machines I bought might have looked more like a nightmare at the time. But dreams come true – with a lot of wide-awake work.
Don't run through life so fast that you forget not only where you've been, but also where you're going. Life is not a race, but a journey to be savored each step of the way.
Every day is a gift! That’s why it’s called the present!
Mackay’s Moral: It’s never too late to become what you could have been.
Reprinted with permission from nationally syndicated columnist Harvey Mackay, author of the New York Times #1 bestseller “Swim With The Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive,” “We Got Fired!...And It’s the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Us,” “The Mackay MBA of Selling in the Real World,” and “Use Your Head To Get Your Foot In The Door.”
Public Notice
Todd County Health and Human Services building will be closed to the public on Friday, August 27, 2021 from 12:30 PM to 4:30 PM, for staff training. This will affect anyone wanting to visit Health and Humans Services. Todd County Health and Human Services building will open at regular business hours Monday, August 30, 2021.
Upcoming Events
SATURDAY, AUGUST 28 • Big Swan Lake Improvement District Annual Meeting at 9 a.m. at the Hub Supper Club, Burtrum. SUNDAY, AUGUST 29 • Red Letter Band Concert at 7 p.m. at Community Country Church, Holdingford. See ad on page 7. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 • St. Rose of Lima Fall Festival, St. Rosa. See ad on page 8. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 • Grey Eagle/Burtrum Lions Tractor Pull at 11 a.m. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 • Flag Disposal at 6 p.m. at the Melrose American Legion. See ad on page 2. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 • Catholic United Financial Pancake & Sausage Breakfast from 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at St. Joseph’s Church Hall, Grey Eagle. See ad on page 7. • St. Michael’s Matching Grant Catholic United Financial Breakfast & Bake Sale from 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. in Spring Hill.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 • Melrose Legion Post & Auxiliary Meeting at 7 p.m. THURS.-SUN., SEPT. 16-19 • 47th Annual Albany Pioneer Days. ALBANY TOWNSHIP • Meets the fourth Monday of the month at 7:30 p.m. at the Albany City Hall. • Planning Commission meets the second Tuesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. at the Albany City Hall.
BURNHAMVILLE TOWNSHIP • Meets the last Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. at the Burtrum City Hall.
FEET FIRST CLINIC • Meets the 1st Tuesday of the month from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. at Holdingford City Hall. FOOD DISTRIBUTION • Ruby’s Pantry Food Distribution first Saturday of the Month from 10-11 a.m. at River of Live Church, Sauk Centre.
FREEPORT SENIOR MEETING • Meets the third Thursday of the month at 1:30 p.m. with cards/Bingo/coffee/dessert.
MELROSE VFW #7050 POST/AUX. • Meetsthe firstTuesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. at the Melrose American Legion Clubrooms. STEARNS CO. HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY • Meets at 7 p.m. on the 2nd Monday of the month at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, Albany. SUNSHINE CLUB • Meets every Monday, weigh in starts at 8; meeting at 8:30 a.m. at the Village View Apartments, Grey Eagle. ST. ROSA CITY COUNCIL • Meets the third Monday of the month at 7 p.m. at the Community Park building.
SWANVILLE CITY COUNCIL • First Tuesday after the first Monday of the month at 7 p.m. SWANVILLE TOWNSHIP • Meets the second Tuesday of the month at 8:30 p.m. at the Swanville Fire Hall.
TODD COUNTY REPUBLICANS • Meets second Thursday of the month at 7 p.m. at St. Matthew’s Church, Clarissa. UPSALA CITY COUNCIL • Meets the first Monday of the month at 7 p.m.
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