The only 3 decisions in life...

Ashoplifter was caught redhanded trying to steal a watch from an exclusive jewelry store. "Listen," said the shoplifter, "I know you don't want any trouble either. What do you say I just buy the watch, and we forget about this?" The manager agreed and wrote up the sales slip. The crook looked at the slip and said, "This is a little more than I intended to spend. Can you show me something less expensive?"

This is the way a lot of people here on the island feel about real estate. It's expensive to live here, but to here them talk about it, it shouldn't be! I knew it was expensive when I first moved out here to Paradise. I knew I couldn't afford it then and I sacrificed to live my dream. I did without a lot of fringe benefits of life to make the ends meet for the house I lived in. I moved "down" in house, but "up" in property. My little strip of waterfront is more than I deserve. It gives me access to the entire beach and at least Rolex thinks it is all his! I know better, but I can pretend!

When I was on the speaking circuit as a Professional Speaker, long before my entertainment career took off, I had a talk on the "Important Decisions in Life". There are only three. Who are you gonna live your life with. Where are you gonna live your life and What are you going to live you life as? Every decision you ever make will fall into one of those three decision areas. I decided to live my life on a barrier island, where man was never meant to live. I will pay the price whatever that is, as long as I can and as long as I want to. I won't complain, and I won't ever be ran off of it. Not by real estate prices, the property tax access or, or people that think I'm dumb for living here. I will decide where I live, no one else. I know it's not smart with the hurricanes and all, but if you gonna be stupid you gotta be tough!

I'm tough. I'm right where I want to be.

I have found who I want to live my life with and did what I wanted to live my life as long enough to be well off enough not to work. I paid the price for those things as well. When I look back over my life, I find that life was always good, no matter how bad it was.

Today life is better. I hope one day you can feel that way about yourself...that should be the goal at least!

Just thought you'd like to know....