New Beginnings

It has been a few weeks since I last posted something and I apologize to those who have asked for a post and I have not delivered. The past 2.5 weeks have been a blessing in itself as my wife and I welcomed into our family our third princess. She has been nothing but amazing and although I haven't slept well in awhile now I wouldn't change it for the world.

She is the main reason for the topic of this post this time around. New Beginnings are not something that come around to often in our life but when you step back and analyze how powerful your life is then you will realize that it can happen more than not.

I believe that each day we wake up and are able to take a deep breath is a New Beginning. Its a chance to put aside anything that may have happened negative in the past and build towards the positive. Its one of the few opportunities in this life to literally operate on a clean slate. What was done in the past is exactly that....in the past!!! Take the opportunity of being presented with a new day to make something out of your future. The change may be small but I promise you that the smallest changes lead to huge payouts down the line. For example....small dietary changes (i.e. eliminating excess sugar) can lead to improved health benefits in 5, 10, 15 years....doing one kind gesture to a stranger may open their eyes to a world that may be caving in on them....telling a loved one how much they mean to you in case you never get the opportunity again.

I am fresh off of seeing the blessing of life and all its wonders but I have already made promises to my family to always be there for them no matter what. It is not always easy and some sacrifices need to be made but at the end of the day its these small sacrifices that lead to a life of greatness.

One of my main goals for as long as I can remember has been to someday race the Hawaii Ironman. The passion I have for that race goes deep and not a day goes bye that I don't envision myself flying down the Queen K on my bike. Since having our third princess born though I have had to re-evaluate my goals this year towards trying to qualify for Hawaii at Ironman Lake Placid this summer. I have had a tremendous year of training up until May and would the race have been today I have no doubt that I may have been in the running. At the end of the day though being there for my family and making sure that I am a part of every developmental stage is more important to me than any race. My day will come when the sun glistens on me in Kona but today my focus is family.

On this memorial day I say thank you to all the troops that have fought for our country over the years. Without your dedication to our country many of use would not have the luxury of waking up everyday to an amazing new world and creating the New Beginnings that make it a life worth living.