He watched as the young man tried to impress everyone in the room with his

intelligence. There was no doubt that he was smart. The fact that he was more
intelligent than anyone else in the room could have been easily deduced, but
nobody was really paying any attention due to the fact that it was also obvious
that the young man only cared about his intelligence.

He ordered his regular breakfast. Two eggs sunnyside up, hash browns, and two
strips of bacon. He continued to look at the menu wondering if this would be
the day he added something new. This was also part of the routine. A few
seconds of hesitation to see if something else would be added to the order
before demuring and saying that would be all. It was the same exact meal that
he had ordered every day for the past two years.

The choice was red, green, or blue. It didn't seem like an important choice when
he was making it, but it was a choice nonetheless. Had he known the
consequences at that time, he would likely have considered the choice a bit
longer. In the end, he didn't and ended up choosing blue.

Finding the red rose in the mailbox was a pleasant surprise for Sarah. She didn't
have a boyfriend or know of anyone who was interested in her as anything more
than a friend. There wasn't even a note attached to it. Although it was a
complete mystery, it still made her heart jump and race a little more than usual.
She wished that she could simply accept the gesture and be content knowing
someone had given it to her, but that wasn't the way Sarah did things. Now it
was time to do a little detective work and try to figure who had actually left the
red rose.

Debbie had taken George for granted for more than fifteen years now. He wasn't
sure what exactly had made him choose this time and place to address the issue,
but he decided that now was the time. He looked straight into her eyes and just
as she was about to speak, turned away and walked out the door.

Don't be scared. The things out there that are unknown aren't scary in
themselves. They are just unknown at the moment. Take the time to know them
before you list them as scary. Then the world will be a much less scary place for
you.

The opened package of potato chips held the answer to the mystery. Both
detectives looked at it but failed to realize it was the key to solve the crime. They
passed by it assuming it was random trash ensuring that the case would never
be solved.

The wolves stopped in their tracks, sizing up the mother and her cubs. It had
been over a week since their last meal and they were getting desperate. The
cubs would make a good meal, but there were high risks taking on the mother
Grizzly. A decision had to be made and the wrong choice could signal the end of
the pack.

She had a terrible habit o comparing her life to others. She realized that their
life experiences were completely different than her own and that she saw only
what they wanted her to see, but that didn't matter. She still compared herself
and yearned for what she thought they had and she didn't.

It's an unfortunate reality that we don't teach people how to make money
(beyond getting a 9 to 5 job) as part of our education system. The truth is there
are a lot of different, legitimate ways to make money. That doesn't mean they
are easy and that you won't have to work hard to succeed, but it does mean that
if you're willing to open your mind a bit you don't have to be stuck in an office
from 9 to 5 for the next fifty years o your life.