Every little bit

I have this back yard that's full of weeds.
This back yard has been a thorn in my side so to speak. I bought the house I now have with the intention of fixing up the yard, as it was just a big mess when I bought it.
I bought the house two years ago, the yard still hasn't been done. But, alas! I am committed now, that by the end of this year that yard will be finished, gosh darn it!!!
Funnily enough my weedy back yard has taught me something...Which I would like to tell you about. (You can keep me accountable to finishing my back yard, end of this year is the goal!!!!)
When I first bought my house I had all these really big plans for my back yard, water features, bridges, fish ponds and grass, nice soft green grass.
The plan was mammoth, it was world changing. I had read all the landscape magazines, my ideas capped them all.
That was two years ago. And, what I can say is the yard has got greener, much greener...Weeds really do have quite a pretty green about them when you think of it.
The plan was expensive and elaborate. Which is nothing new for my personality type...A great dream, a nice plan, that I must say was a lot of fun dreaming up!
Problem is it stayed a dream, no follow through, another pretty normal thing for my personality type...Dreaming, its a refreshing break from reality.
Reality was I had the classic case of 'the tyranny of the much.' Big, expensive, elaborate plans that will take along time to come to fruition, and in the mean time would make me look like a lazy person every time people come around. People don't really care about our dreams, they care about action, they care about what they can see!
And that's the whole point of the post, the whole lesson I have learnt from my weedy backyard that I am busy cleaning up every weekend. DO SOMETHING! Make it happen! If the plan is so elaborate and expensive that it is stopping you from doing anything then re scale the plan, and do it according to what you do have!
In this world where every thing is instant, those of us who are young want everything now. But, its not reality, things take time! We have to wait!
What we have right now is enough to do something substantial. Something that can make a difference.
If you wait for the perfect opportunity you will be waiting forever. Do whatever you can in your power right now and do it well. Then before you know the dream will happen!

I will keep you posted on the back yard!

Your friends

You are known by your friends.
It seems a little harsh but its true.

What people think of us matters.

God looks at the heart, man looks at everything else.

Our reputation is what goes before us, it is the fragrance of our presence in the mind of those who know us.

In dealing with people, our reputation is all we have.

Protect it.

I have 3 personal rules:
1. I will not be friends with people who complain about other people too much, I don't want to be known as a gossiper.
2. I will not be friends with people who are stingy, because I don't want to be known as a stingy person.
3. I will not be friends with people who complain about their boss too much, because I don't want to be known as an uncommitted person.