I can't figure it out.  If you were to ask me what new vehicle I would purchase (if in fact I ever did purchase a brand new vehicle) ... I would have to give you two different vehicles.

And those vehicles are the EXTREME of one another.  The Dodge Ram 1500 Crew Cab Laramie and the Toyota Prius 3rd Generation V.  How are they extreme?

1. The Toyota nearly fits into the 'trunk' of the Dodge.

2. The Toyota gets 50 mpg and the Dodge 20 mpg.

3. One has Made in America stamped all over it and the other screams foreign.

4. One is considered green and the other a guzzler.

At the end of the day they both would get me from point A to point B.  I'm not sure why two favorites could be so opposite of one another.

How about you?  Do you have your own extremes?

Check out the Prius at Toyota.com or the Ram at Dodge.com.

Last year on my birthday I really thought I was a year older ... 37 insteaed of 36.  So, imagine how excited I was when my wife pointed out that I was only turning 36.

I got a whole year of my life back!

So, today I really do turn 37 or so I thought ... my wife tells me happy birthday this morning and says 'how does it feel to be 38'.  It took adding up the years to make sure that 37 it is:)

God is still in control and life is good.

How many times have you said yourself or heard someone say ... to be honest with you...

Have you ever thought of what that phrase really implies?  Think about it ... to be honest with you basically says that there is something you may not have been honest about.

It may seem silly for me to say because we 'all' know that it's just a phrase and is a way of getting someones attention during a conversation.  If you are a person who takes words literally then you might actually find yourself wondering the next time you hear someone say it.

Back in college ... 19 years ago, yikes ... I made the decision not to use the word honest in the phrase but rather use the word frank.  It seems you can use it interchangeably and it still gets the other person's attention when you say.

To be frank with you it seems I am not the only person who feels this way .. read more about the Honest Question Here.

Have you ever heard the story about the man and 3 children that were on the subway-train one late afternoon ... the three little ones were just out of control.  Screaming, yelling being what the other riders were a complete nuisance and bothersome.  The dad just kept sitting there in his seat, rocking back and forth with the movement of the train just blankly staring out the window like nothing was going on.  One lady finally had enough of it and couldn't believe that the dad would just let these children go on like they were.

She speaks loudly from across the train-car ... Sir, excuse me sir?  She earns no response and this time yells out so there is no mistake.  Caught off guard from the shouting, the dad snaps his head a bit and looks in the direction it came.  Catching the ladies eyes she speaks loudly so he's sure to hear ... Sir, why don't you get your children under control.  Many of us are returing home after a long days work and the noise your children are making is quite disturbing.

Slowly the dad's face changes with an expression of the realization of what he's been tuning out and speaks softly yet reassuringly ... I'm sorry mam.  The children and I are just returing home after being at the hospital where their mother passed away just over an hour ago.

That story has stuck with me and made a huge impression on my being quick to judge or jump to my conclusions when I don't have all the answers.

Welcome to 2010 and what a year I am looking forward to.

What are some of your goals for 2010?  If you havn't yet made any you might want to get a start or it will be June and you'll be wondering where half the year went.

A few of my conservative goals for this year are...

Simplifying Life - Have you gotten to the point yet in life where the more stuff you have the less time you have to enjoy it?

Cherishing Blessings - God has blessed beyond what I deserve with a healthy family, great friends, and being able to enjoy what I do for a living every day.

Prioritizing - So much to do and so little time to do it.

As for the BHAG goals ... the Big Hairy Audacious Goals you'll have to keep checking back this year!