2012 - Making it Happen!

Rainbow over the Himalayas

Thank you to everyone who made our last year the best year we've ever had! And thank you, too, for your continued support of independent retail. We appreciate each and every one of our customers - we couldn't keep going without you!

The Mayans may or may not have predicted the end of the world for December 2012 (we hope not) but we predict a great new year full of happiness and prosperity for all!

As our friends from Positively Positive said, no matter what your hopes or dreams or resolutions for the new year: "Say it... shout it... believe it... "I AM GOING TO MAKE IT HAPPEN!"

Feeling Better

I scanned the headlines today in the Washington Post and felt like crying. Bad news everywhere: war in the Gaza Strip, Ford and GM revenues down more than 30%, $50B Ponzi schemes allowed to run amok by the very regulators who are supposed to be protecting us, and on and on.

Then I came across this quote by one of my favorite people, His Holiness, the Dalai Lama:

"Choose to be optimistic. It feels better."

I realized that there is little or nothing I can do about the many national and global crises we seem to be facing lately, but I can certainly do something about my own attitude. Rather than focusing on the negative and getting more and more depressed, I can focus on what I truly believe in: the inherent goodness and resiliency of people everywhere.

No matter what trials and tribulations we may be facing currently, I heartily believe that we can and will get through this.

I choose optimism because it does feel better.