One of my best blessings is I am surrounded by some very smart people. One does not necessarily have to be very bright if one is willing to acknowledge one’s limitations and then be willing to ask for lots of help. That’s me. An example of this is this past weekend my computer lost its ability to post things on the Internet. I lost my File Protocol Transfer. I could not figure out how to repair whatever had gone wrong. So today I mentioned it to one of my smartest friends. Without a moment’s hesitation he said, “Use a restore date.” Awesome! As soon as he said it I knew it would work. It worked. As I said, “It is nice to be surrounded by very bright people.”
The restore program he prescribed is a marvelous feature that allows us to reset the computer’s operating system to a date prior to one’s problem. As it was doing its thing I was thinking about how grand it would be if we had such a function in life. After we mess up something we could just click a button and go back to yesterday and start again. Not only could we restore broken relationships we could get rich. Stocks either go up or go down. If we invested today and it went down. We could just go back to yesterday and short the stock. Instead of making money watching it go up we would make money watching it go down. However, as we all know life does not work that way.
So that brings me back to surrounding ourselves with smart friends. If we are willing to take wise counsel we will not need so many restores because we will make good decisions the first time. It really goes back to what your mother told you when you were small. Run with the right crowd!
Written by Roger Bothwell on June 23, 2009
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