RE-FIRST

FIRST, an admission: I didn't get to this post FIRST; like I planned. My grand scheme was to write my LAST post of 2014 on 12/31/14 and my FIRST post of 2015 on 1/1/15. Ironically, it was entitled FIRST and is still in draft form on my dashboard. Great plan... poor execution. But here is a good spot to make a point: IT'S NEVER TOO LATE FOR FIRSTS. As a matter of fact, a RE-FIRST can actually be better than a first FIRST.

RE-FIRST... I Googled it and came up with nothing. (Is it possible I actually had an original thought? Now that would be a FIRST!)

There is a dark side to RE-FIRSTs. A RE-FIRST carries with it some pain. Within a RE-FIRST is a smidge of defeat, a slight aroma of regret, a hint of woundedness, But there is a great upside to RE-FIRSTs. The first is the re. RE can mean many things. Another search turns up: With reference to or regarding; and the second tone of the diatonic scale in solfeggio. (I don't know what that one means, but I have seen The Sound of Music).

To be honest, neither of those lights me up. But this one catches my attention:

FIRSTs that don't go so well set us up for one of my favorite things (Whoops! Was that another Sound of Music reference?). OK, back on point. One of my favorite things... COMEBACKS. Comebacks are RE-FIRSTS played out; and I'm a sucker for them. Cinderella Man, Maximus Decimus Meridius. The Man in Black. Rocky. I readily admit the cheese factor, but I love a comeback.

None of us is too far gone for a comeback. As a matter of fact, the further down you may see yourself, the better staged you are for a comeback. But first things first. Literally. To make a comeback we must do the first things first. In other words, we must RE-FIRST.

So maybe your first for 2015 was to hit the gym. You promised yourself, bought a membership and posted it on Facebook - maybe even with your before picture. But you don't have an after... YET! (By the way, I'm using the gym analogy because it's easy, but hopefully you catch the universal application).

So this is my FIRST message of 2015. You haven't failed! You're just in prime position for a RE-FIRST!

For now...
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