Self Fulfilling Prophecy...(or Creating Your Own Reality)

Hey. Happy न्यू Year. Yes, you caught me. I'm one of those disgusting "Morning People". This is one of those rare mornings that, through a tragic "setting the alarm" mistake, I'm up, showered and ready to go at 6am. It occurs to me that I'm in much too good a mood for this time of day, no thanks to the History Channel. Last night they were rerunning a number of their "end of days" shows. You know the ones. About how prophecy says we're in for it, the world's about to end, we're just trying to figure out how. Whether it's a meteorite taking us out like the dinosaurs, or we destroy ourselves through global warming or all out nuclear exhange, or some star in a far off universe explodes and the gamma ray burst burns off our atmosphere. Apparently all the signs are here now. You know, thing like Boston sweeping the series and the Colts losing two games in a row.

Well, in the words of Neil Young, "don't let it bring you down". Come on, most of you are in advertising and we in the biz know about creating our own reality. We know about putting the right spin on things. No, I'm not suggesting that we start writing "End of Days" sale spots. Though, that would be kind of fun:
"But hurry, this sale absolutely end tomorr"

I am suggesting that whatever we think about most, we will bring into reality. At least that's what all of the motivational speakers tell us. And if we're to believe quantum physics as explained in What the Bleep Do We Know, that has a basis in scientific fact. So, I'll just keep my "Polyanna" view of things going thank you. Sure, we have challenges. But we're intelligent, mature people. At least some of you are, and if we can just get our heads together, I'm confident we can fix them.

So, at least for today: Good Morning. It's great to be alive. And if all the "End of Days" talk is getting you down...I recommend you stop watching t.v. for awhile. Honest, it helps. Oh, and if you have a special trick for ignoring all the downers, let me know and I'll pass it along. Now get out there and remember all you have to give thanks for. Thanks for reading and we'll leave the mic on for ya.