Socrates said, “The secret to change is to focus all your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” Think about that for a minute or two.

Picture this: He’s laying flat on his back with his eyes closed. Everything is hurting, even his eyebrows. He can’t figure out how he ended up where he now is. He’s conscious, but horizontal. It wasn’t naptime and neither was he tired.

The problem is communication. We hear about the need of communication in every kind of relationship. We here about how important communication is in marriages and in business. Communication is a two way street.

Maybe today isn’t a holiday, holy day, birthday or anniversary but today is still a gift. Imagine that. A gift given to you that’s not centered around you. A gift given to you that’s not a birthday gift. A gift given that has nothing to do with it being your anniversary. A gift given just because. Go figure. Today is your happy.

It’s a new day. It’s a brand new fight. Today we fight again. We have our minds engaged. We must fight. We fight not merely “against.” We are fighting “against” to get “through” to what we are fighting “for.”