By Dana Houser

I was standing at the magazine rack of my local B&N bookstore the other day when I came across the best magazine on the “Life of Luxury” there is, the Robb Report. As I thumbed through the pages looking at million dollar homes, fancy sports cars, incredible jewelry, private jets and mind-boggling boats, I had to ask myself, “what do these people do?”

As you get up each morning, get dressed and head out the door to your ‘dream job’ I’m sure you believe everyone is just like you. That ‘dream job’ remark was extremely sarcastic by the way, because most people hate what they ‘have to do’ everyday. Then why do they do it?

When I asked myself that question, I was reminded of a boating story that happened years ago. It was Wally’s first time on water skis. He jumped in the water, slipped the skis on his feet, and was briefed on how to get up on top of the water. Everyone thought everything was covered, and it was, we thought. That is until Wally crashed, and didn’t let go of the rope. Never assume anything, maybe he thought we’d pull him back around to his skis and he would start on the go. But as we started to slow down, we kept yelling at him to “let go of the rope”. I mean he was getting drug on the water, bouncing off the wake and taking in more than Moby Dick. Wally couldn’t hear us and unfortunately nearly every time we yelled to “let go of the rope,” he got another mouthful or bounced off another wave.

That’s a pretty funny story and thankfully no one was hurt, at least nothing serious. But how many of us go through life ‘hanging onto the rope?’ Read More→