This morning I got up at 5,got dressed and then drove my brother into NY to the annual December Halloween Show.
This is the first time I have not attended this show in probably close to 15 years.
Things change.
Nothing stays exactly the same.
This is particularly true in business and painfully true in the Halloween Industry.
I had spoken to my vendors earlier this year and at my suggestion, they opted out of doing this show.
Any monies saved by not doing NY (and we're talking well over $0 K) could be used more effectively .
While I am both confident in my decision and glad to not be schlepping into NY every day this week, there is a touch of sadness when I remember what once was. 
Then again, what was was and what is is and what will be is .....well you know what I am getting at.
This has come up for me quite a bit lately.
My past has served me well. There are lessons that I have learned and experiences that I can draw upon that will aide me in decisions I make moving forward.
All too often, I sit and speak with people who pine for and live in that past history.
They speak endlessly of the "good old days" and mourn the fact that change has been thrust upon them.
Get a life!
The old days are gone!
Remember them.
Cherish them.
Have fond memories of them.
But move on!
Use them as stepping stones to tomorrow.
Use them as a foundation, building blocks, for what is to come.
 But for Heaven's sake, don't just cry over what will never be what it once was.
I am surrounded by this daily.
In business, in the riders who are in my care, with family members, friends and colleagues.
It's scary.
I have many many fond memories.
I have stories galore of the glory days.
I also have a burning desire to continue creating more and more of them. I suppose a time will come when I will sit back in my rocking chair and regale any one who will listen with my own tales of days gone by.
When that time comes, when there are no more dreams of tomorrow, when yesterday is the only happiness in my life, please do me a favor.....
remind me of this email!