Well, if you are a regular, or maybe you’ve been listening for a few episodes, after Christmas, I took a brief holiday. We had planned a surprise visit for my mom in Kansas City, along with my sister and niece who flew in from Hawaii. No one knew what was happening except my brother and my family.

We couldn’t wait, and just as I tell you every day, presence matters. So I decided that break of about a week would be good. Oh– we also got to celebrate my Aunt and Uncle’s 50th
Wedding Anniversary. That was a surprise for them, too.

Between traveling for Thanksgiving and Christmas, and then, making a long trip to KC, all the craziness got the best of me.

Right after the anniversary celebration, I go so sick. I laid in the hotel room and couldn’t even visit with my family. Once we returned home, I still wasn’t feeling myself. Tired all the time with no energy. And as you know, that is very unusual for me.

Finally, I decided to go to urgent care because I wasn’t getting any better. When they listened to my lungs, the PA said, you most likely have pneumonia. Long story short, after the chest x-ray, I was diagnosed with double pneumonia. She was right, and I was exhausted.

I’m not one who gets sick very often; literally once in a blue moon. But this one was different. It was sort of a reset. Time I needed that I didn’t make time for.

Have you ever run into that. Your body just gives out because you’ve given so much?

Our life cannot be filled to the brim all the time, because eventually you break.

My dear friend, mentor, and coach – You name it, his presence was known– Dan Miller. In fact, he went home exactly a year ago tomorrow. But he would say always, you can’t lead from an empty cup. Your cup has to be full. He believed in investing in yourself, making sure your cup was filled so you in turn could fill others.

What about you?

Are you enjoying that lemonade or more like wrestling with the lemons?

You can rebound after a reset; you just have to want to.

The K.I.S.S. ~ You have to want it!

A reset doesn’t just happen. It comes from a commitment within; consider it your internal dialogue with God, your divine rod.

I had to make time to let my body heal. A lot of you reached out and asked where I was and if everything was okay. I so appreciate you, my extended family!

Yet, you can bounce back to the rebound from the reset. But you have to want it.

And that’s my question to you today. How bad do you want what is missing? Maybe it’s something you left behind. Maybe it’s something within your career. Maybe it’s something brand new.

Whatever it is, you have to want it. It’s not just going to come back from where you left off. In fact, it might morph into something different or even more special and unique.

The cool thing is that you get to decide. You get to show up. You get to accept the playbook the way you want to write it.

So let me ask you again, how bad do you want it?

It’s time to rebound after a reset! God’s got you. Don’t be afraid.

“Be present. Be incredible. Be YOU!!!“