Good evening friends. Its great to be here with everyone. I want to thank life for allowing me to participate in it on August 19th, 2015. Day 220 here in Puerto Rico. I’m finally beginning to pick up a little Spanish. I’m sure you all just fell over with such a substantial news report.
OK, returning to basics. If you are going through troubled times, remember each day you wake up, you are a day closer to whats bother you, Not bothering you anymore. And that’s good, hold onto that for momentum. If things are going well for you, keep repeating what works. We have to try to stay in the middle of the beam. Too low is No good, and too greedy is the worst of all. When its good, feel blessed, when its bad hold onto hope.
I hope everyone enjoyed The Debbie Gibson feature on “The Good News Channel” — It was a very special feature for Sammy & Family, it really it meant a lot to us.
It’s funny recently some of my old Wall Street boys said to me; “When did you start getting interested in Journalism?” What happened to the equity trader” Scott Smith” I said to them when I came out of college people used to ask me what I want to do with my life” — And I told them I wanted to go where i can make the most money, I don’t care where that was.” So they said, “Scott that’s’ a no brainer, go into Wall Street” — So I did that, and they were right. I could not believe how much money i was making and how fast i was making it. I literally could have retired at 29 – 30 years old. And all of that added up to nothing. None of the money or things I bought, or even my sweet wife at that time could fill the void that i refused to deal with. So I kept chasing things, not just material, but anything, and I got them all, the cash and prizes, the women, and whatever else I wanted.
No matter what i accomplished or acquired I had become lonelier and lonelier with a wife almost as sweet as Vanessa, like I said, almost. So inevitably I said to myself, “Nothing is making me happy, I must be unhappy in my marriage” — So I did the next Irrational thing, I blew up a perfectly good marriage. I could not figure out why never nice guy with a lot going for him could not feel whole. Eventually some very smart people told me I have to stop running after the next prize and just sit with myself. I knew they were right, but I could Not sit with myself for one minute, so that was not an option.
It was then I brought the booze and all the other distractions to take me away from reality. With that said my friends, eventually life is going to paint you in the corner and ask you; “Who are you without the people and things in your life?” Do you have an identity ? Or is your identity tied to people knowing you exist and the things you have accumulated.
The only way out is through the way in. If you can’t go inward, you can’t get outward. Your existence and life source flows from your feet to your head. If you think it flows by others recognizing you or accepting you, then you will always be at the mercy of other people or other things.
Today my center is me. If you can enhance my center and I can enhance your center, we should connect. But if I’m looking for you to give me my center, or you’re looking for me to give me your center, then we have a time limit on our relationship. Don’t mistake these words for friends and family not giving support to each other during the tough times. But away from that, support or no support, its your own feet that must hold your ground and keep you standing up.
In conclusion friends, are you the leaf in the wind that lands randomly where the wind takes you? Or do you plant your poles in the mountain in the place you feel a sense of home and comfort.
As a man in his forties who made more mistakes then several countries made together, I can say that my center cannot be thrown off by anyone or anything. Not because I am a tough guy, but only because the only creator of my center is me. To be thrown off course because of fear or greed is an illusion. As for me the illusions are nothing more then smog that can be blow away with a 25 dollar fan. My truth and center is unshakable and unbreakable.
Goodnight friends. Scott Smith & Dr.Harp Seal for Sammy & Family.
