My post is a bit later than usual today, because I have been dealing with the business part of life — filing paperwork, paying bills, managing my calendar, and the list goes on.  How appropriate that today’s birthday celebrity would be Charles M. Schwab, the founder of Bethlehem Steel Corporation and a consummate businessman.  ’Today is the perfect day,’ I thought, ‘for some words of wisdom about managing the nuts and bolts of life!’  And here is what I found:

“Lead the life that will make you kindly and friendly to everyone about you, and you will be surprised what a happy life you will lead”

– Charles M. Schwab

Can you imagine that?  When I look for words of wisdom about managing business, I find another message about bringing kindness to the world.  Mr. Schwab also is credited with this statement:

“A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm.”

Here is a man who is seen by all as successful in his business dealings, and his focus is on kindness and enthusiasm.  Could this mean that success lies in the person pursuing a goal as much as it rests in the goal itself?  As living, breathing, thinking beings, each of us seeks the dream we will choose as our own.  Whether it is a dream of financial success or a dream of improving our world in a way that generates no income, it seems that Mr. Schwab would recommend proceeding with kindness and unlimited enthusiasm.  I always knew Charles Schwab was successful.  Now I also think he was wise.  May you walk kindly today and may your enthusiasm for life reach new heights!