• For not just having a job (believe me, it’s nice), but a job where the people are great (Like Cheers, a place where everybody knows your name), and one where I can actually lay down to sleep knowing I’m helping doctors serve their patients better and making their practices greener (less paper use!)
• For the people I surround myself with. My Coworkers are friendly people, My Family is actually pretty sane, an awesome set of friends I actually play WoW with, and my inner circle who I can trust deeply. All are groups that allow me to be me.
• Technology - Thanks to Twitter, Facebook, et al. I’ve been able to expand my contact circle so wide, and remain in touch with people I don’t see often.
• All the opportunities. Some I’ve taken and paid off, some that didn’t work out or I passed on because in the long run, they didn’t matter as much as they did.
• Autotune, for being making a word like “Shawtay” and giving it new life :P
• 2009. I’ve got my own thoughts about how it turned out (and will share in a month), but I wouldn’t have it any other way.
• Every time I’ve said thanks so far, because I mean it every time.

How often do you expect kindness back whenever you help someone out?

Have you ever thought that maybe that was a bad thing? Sure, it’s nice to hold people up to a standard of decency, but what if that kindness comes in a form that we don’t want it in, or if it doesn’t come soon enough, or what if it doesn’t come back at all?

I’m thinking of changing my attitude… Not to expect kindness back, but to know that it’s something that flows continuously through mankind, and to believe that if I ever in need of it, it will be show up at the right time, in the right form, and in the right amount.

I think I might start doing this. So often we lose sight in life and realize we’re wasting time not getting closer to what we want…

In life, you either take action, or make excuses.