Don't Worry - Be Happy

The weather here has been fabulous. I love these 70 degree days. We spent Easter Sunday hiking the C&O Canal. If you have never hiked there, you need to go. It is absolutely beautiful!

Even with it being a holiday weekend, real estate was moving quickly. Of the 3 houses my clients looked at on Saturday, 2 had offers by Sunday and they were on the market for less than 1 week and in the upper 500s. It is still a very hot spring market. I expect it to continue this way through the end of the month as buyers scramble to take advantage of the tax credits. Don't let anyone you know miss this great opportunity! Call me today and I can help.

Here are a few fun peep facts:
· It takes six minutes to make one Peeps marshmallow!

· Peeps have a shelf life of two-years!

· More than five million Peeps are produced each day to keep up with the demand of the Easter Holiday!

· Peeps are the most popular “non-chocolate” Easter candy in the United States, and have been so since 1995 when they over took the jelly bean!

Enjoy the coffee and have a great week! ~Lisa

INSPIRATION FOR TODAY:
"The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true." - James B. Cabell

THE SKY IS FALLING . . . NOT!

"The glass is half-full." "The glass is half-empty." "Looks like a beautiful day!" "I think it's going to rain." "I'm happy." "I'm depressed." "I'm an optimist!" "How can you be an optimist with things the way they are?"

OK, we all know the difference between an optimist and a pessimist - right? In some of Steven Covey's material, he states that "no one knows enough to be a pessimist." Pessimism, more often than not, is generated by inner fears, most likely fears "of the unknown." Hence, "No one knows enough to be a pessimist."

Consider the child about to learn the art of riding a bike. "I know I'm going to fall," proclaims the child - just before taking a skinned knee. After a week of practice, is the child still fearful? Once bike riding becomes second nature, i.e. once the child "knows" enough about bike riding, the fear (a.k.a. pessimism) disappears.

Just as the child's pessimism ("I'm going to fall...") precedes the skinned knee, our other pessimistic thoughts may precede our worst fears. By substituting a positive thought for a negative one, therefore, is it not possible that the action that follows might also be positive?Add to that positive thought an extra measure of learning and knowledge, and it's highly unlikely there will continue to be room for either the pessimism or the subsequent negative action. From one optimist to another, heed this advice: "Don't worry - be happy!"