Tomorrow I get to jump into a hole cut into the ice at Crystal Lake. Fun huh?? Well the fire department, and a bunch of EMT’s are there to restart my heart so what more could go wrong?
Fundraising can be fun sometimes, but I wonder why we need gimmicks to get people to donate to a worthy cause? Today I got my biggest donation so far, which means I not only get to jump into the hole cut in the ice, but now I can even get out… lol I was alittle scared I wouldn’t break the $300 limit, and would have had to stay in the lake till I raised it. Relax, its doesn’t really work that way. LOL
So todays post is for those who helped by donating their hard earned money and also for those who donate their time and energy too. I am president of the West St. Paul Kiwanis Club, we are a service club, mentoring close to 400 students involved in local school Key clubs. We raise money throughout the year to provide money for the student clubs to use, scholarships, we give 5 $1000 scholarships a year, donate money to the YMCA and also Dodge Nature Center. Its hard work organizing and managing our fundraising events. Thank god we have two angels who take most of that load for us, Thanks and thanks and thanks……..
I know times are tough, economy is crap, good jobs are rare and life is expensive. But giving even that $5 to an organization that needs it, is a great way to know you matter. Helping others seems to give me the most satisfaction, when I went looking for an organization that I could join to help more people, I chose Kiwanis, over the others, but that was me. If you have a local food shelf, homeless shelter, or other non-profit organization that helps others, maybe take a minute to find out what they can use that you can provide. Maybe its toothpaste, deodorant, money, food, coats, etc.. I was shocked to learn that our local food shelf likes those essentials like toothbrushes and toothpastes. Maybe you are good friends with a dentist who would like to donate those small sample tubes, or toothbrushes? Most non-profits can take a $1 and make it $10 worth of food, so money is always a great way to help too.
February is almost over, but maybe make March your month for finding a worthy cause and giving something of yourself to it? Feed your starving children (took my boys when they were like 4&5 and they had a blast. This year we are building Ikea dressers for a few hours to help out. The possibilities are endless, and only limited by your imagination when it comes to helping out. Maybe your neighbor is elderly and you just offer to shovel the drive or rake the leaves? I like the older folks, they have so many stories, life lessons and experience, you can’t help but learn if you can just listen.
Sorry for rambling on and on, but giving does make me feel great, hopefully it can help you too..
Build, inspire, live…
Linden

SMILE!!!

Thats it for today..

. Thanks Janene for the pic:D

Linden Pfeiffer

Ok, so my blog is Thank God its Monday, but I do love the weekends too. I mn in the winter usually that involves snowmobiling or sledding with the kids, snowball fights the occasional snowman, etc. But this year is the year that winter forgot mn I think. Its February, I see motorcycles out and about, today my kids and wife went to the park on their bikes!!!!! In February IN MN!!!!
So how do you deal with the unexpected? For me, its easy, I just go with the flow 99% of the time. But for the majority of people I know thats not the case. But lets look at it my way for a minute k?
What control do I have over the weather in MN? Absolutely none. What control do I have over a cheating spouse, getting laid off, car accidents, etc. In most cases, Still NONE!!!!
So getting all worked up over it just doesnt seem right. Sure you are gonna worry, work through the shock and hopefully fix things or move on. But in my mind that process shouldn’t take more than a couple days at most. If we have no control over the situation, we should move on and make a new, better and more fun situation. Now things aren’t black and white most of the time, so take this with a grain of salt, but remember this information next time you are in the situation.
Worrying does nothing to help our situations, it only takes years off our already short existence. So this has been my saying for over 2 decades, if you worry, you lose……….if you worry, you lose…….
Worrying isn’t an action, it is an emotion. If you want to do something, take action instead of worrying. It will at least produce a result.
Sorry if that sounds harsh, but I hear people everyday who tell me about their stress, most of which is there because they are using emotions instead of taking some sort of action.

Happy Saturday.
Build, inspire, live

Linden

Its friday morning, woke up early to enjoy the quiet of a house with 3 kids sleeping soundly. But alas, that has ended early and there isn’t even any school today.

I hope everyone had a great week, if you follow this blog, you know mondays are my favorite day. But for most of you, I imagine Friday is your day. Fridays for most are the end of the week, time to reflect on how well your week went. So how did it go?
For me, I got some new marketing up and running for my clinic, YEAH!!! Finished my new clinic blog/website and got that up and running. Treated all my patients with a smile and also got in some CE hours I needed. So all in all a great week.
Today, kids are home, so I get to spend the day PLAYING. Still haven’t decided if the Zoo will be too busy for my tastes, but I know Chuckie Cheese will be hit by us for lunch. The weekends are always fun with 3 little ones, seems only 2 ever agree on what to do, so one person is always left unfulfilled at least to start.
If you have kids, remember to make as many memories as you can, life is short and time is too, so why waste it on worry or fear? Spend it with family, friends and smiles…
Build, inspire, live

Linden