More about Rich
Food for thought...
Being healthy and living stress-free is very important. Find what makes you smile every day, and don't let others steal your joy. If you want to be viewed as a good person, you have to do good. I have a philosophy of learning everything about everything. Certainly, that is not possible, but pursuing knowledge allows me to understand how much I don't know about the universe and the world we live in. Once that was internalized, I realized that practice does not make perfect. Practice makes progress. Accept not being perfect because there is so much we don't know and many things that we have not experienced.
If you live life like your mother, pastor, and spouse, hear everything you say, and see every place you go, then you wouldn't go certain places thinking no one saw you. You wouldn't say certain things because you know God heard you.
Being good is good for the sake of good.
Who am I?
I love living in Atlanta and enjoy retirement. I thought it would be difficult after 45 years at Xerox, but I’ve come to love retirement and stay very busy. I have always lived by certain principles. The first principle of life is that God created everything and owns everything. Taking such a view has freed me from the pressures of work, money, and stress. I know that everything I have in life is because God allows me to have it. I can, therefore, focus on being a better person and living in peace. I don't fear anything because whatever happens is what God wants for me, and I am at peace.
What do I value?
I was once all about business, very serious, and working hard. Then I realized that even if you win the rat race, you're still a rat. So, I changed my approach. I developed the four cornerstones of life, which you can check out on the values page.
- Put God first
- Value family
- Know what makes you happy and gives you joy
- Don't sweat the little stuff
- Be honest with others and faithful to those you love
- Don't focus on money; focus on happiness & peace
- Practice patience with your spouse and those you love
- Practice continuous learning
- Keep it moving, the body will keep up
Wisdom
God's treasures are peace, comfort, patience, understanding, mercy, forgiveness, and the capacity to love others even if they don't love you. Enemies can't hurt you; you hurt you in how you respond.
Knowledge
Accept not being perfect because practice only makes progress. You get better from experience, so embrace your failures as the moment to learn how to succeed.
Character Defined
God gave everyone the ability to be good and to help others. Young people are watching what we do, what we say, and how we treat others. If our light shines bright, we can positively affect someone's life and not even know it.
