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Check out this news article from CTV
https://www.ctvnews.ca/lifestyle/the-queen-meets-with-canadian-soldiers-performing-guard-duties-at-windsor-castle-1.5614015
The rugged looking man in uniform with a face bush is my brother.
This guy, like countless others is someone who was in the right the place at the right time.
He like many others has other desires than to always be a person in the military service, but as he says it best, "there are some things I get to do with my job, that I literally wouldn't be able to do in any other way."
I respectfully replied, "Well, Cambodia firingrange.com is a pretty good place to start if you are looking for one of a kind experiences that one would only imagine they get in the military."
Jokes aside, the truth is, we got one life, there is really only one time "now" and it comes down to what are you doing with that time.
Like people who are in the right place at the right time, there are people who know the right thing to say at the right time.
When someone asks you how your day is, sometimes, it goes a long way to actually start a conversation rather than an giving a more or less empty (but polite response). A guy who I used to work with, Daniel Fuller, once said, "I try to make a point of sitting down and getting to know people well enough that regardless of how much I might dislike or get annoyed with their antics, that there is one thing I can say we have in common on a personable level, and actually have a conversation about.", I try this more times than not, and I'll be honest, I have ended up in some pretty great places, sometimes a little more on the GrEaT side (too great maybe), and the next day brings with it a head splitting reminder of what "responsible consumption" means-cellphone in a cab on the otherside of town, Cards Against Humanity littered on the floor and my friends passed out around the room, who says you get too old for sleepovers?
Like many other things, people think it is always based on luck that you are in the right place at the right time or able to say the right thing-it isn't, its positivity and natural attraction of mood. Happy people want to be around happier people and upset people (may not think it), they want to be around happy people. It comes down to the simple idea that, "yes", is a starting point-not the answer-god, you might end up in a very messed up situation or broke if you are always saying yes-#truestory ; but I digress, "Yes" is a starting point-from there, a smile (maybe).
Before one knows it, smiling, nodding, saying "yes, I'll help ya move that ridiculous piece of furniture," might very well turn into that "Why, yes, I do come here often, but would you like to check out another place I frequent?". It could also be that very thing that elevates your life from one state to an entirely new level-I'd like to think its a good one for ya.
Cheers though, and start with a genuine smile, nod-"yes, it is a good day isn't it?"
