This morning the weather was rough to say the least, so it was interesting to see who would show up at the WW groups. I discovered that these great people are a hardy and committed crowd, because even though the turnout was down a bit we still had good groups.
I try to finish up each meeting with a motivating story and today it was suggested that I should write them here too. So here's this morning's tale -
One day late in the 19th Century, a scientist in Sweden named Alfred Nobel was sitting reading the morning paper when he suddenly came across his own obituary written there. Still feeling very much alive, he immediately knew that since his elder brother had just died, the press had got some misinformation and was writing about the wrong Nobel.
The obituary referred to the fact that Alfred Nobel had developed dynamite which had become the means of killing hundreds of thousands of people. It also said that he had died rich.
Nobel was not too thrilled at being remembered for making a fortune by coming up with a way to kill people, so he set about altering his reputation by becoming the sponsor of the Nobel Peace Prize.
Nobel said - "Everyone should have the opportunity at some time in their life to edit and rewrite their own obituary."
That's what happens at WW - people begin to re-write their own life stories.
It's ours to do ... a great opportunity and a privilege.
