The Thing is available on Kindle and if you read it with your children I am sure it will start a dialogue about they way the world is. Just click the image and read part of the book. I am sure your children will have a lot of questions.

‘The Thing’ is a book that should be read by all. It is a story, which shows how if we are not careful things become more important than people. How coveting things leads to jealousy and jealousy turns to anger and then fear and loathing. If we are not careful loathing turns to hatred and it is hatred that causes war.

‘The Thing’ is a modern day parable that should be taught to children, because children hold they key. While in life you cannot have an up without a down, a left without a right or good without bad, I do believe that hatred and evil are something that are taught and learned not inherent within us at birth.

So please read this book and look at the world through the eyes of a child and see the world as a better place.

If anybody could do it then everybody would. Over the years I have wrestled with the statement; "If I can do it anyone can do it." That statement is simply not true and it's an insult to the person who is doing it. Incidentally 'IT' is what ever you want it to be. 'IT' Ranges from writing a book or loosing weight, running a marathon or getting a Masters Degree. The 'IT' part is up to you, but make no mistake, the ones who have done 'IT' have one thing in common and that is the one thing that they fail so many times to tell you; nobody did 'IT' for them! They were the ones who had to get their butt in gear and take that first step and then they needed to remain focused and maintain that focus to take the next step and the next. They were the ones who experienced the joy of success and the the misery of failure and there is plenty of both along the route.  But in the end they were the ones who stood alone and saw the winning post and over that line was the dream they said that anyone could have.

But in reality the others who did not get their Ass in gear and take that first step, the ones who played it safe and lived vicariously through the efforts of others, theirs can be a hollow victory.

So the next time you want to give someone some encouragement think twice about using your own accomplishments along with the statement 'If I can do it, anyone can.' You sell yourself short and you would be better off telling the person standing in front of you that the road will be long and lonely sometimes, but the joy of victory is sweet and will remain with you for the rest of your life.