While I was driving back home I couldn’t help to think about the situation to be in a restaurant where one doesn’t even like the type of food to celebrate his day. However, I also thought that he was really lucky to have the opportunity to spend that day with his kids, his father and his grandfather. I am one that unfortunately do not have the same luck like him anymore, both my grandfather and my dad departure long time ago.

It doesn’t matter how and where you are celebrating this day as long as you are privilege enough to be with you love ones, I truly thing that’s what really counts. We always take things for granted and we only realized what we are missing right after we loose them.

I just want to say for all the fathers out there, have a great Father’s Day.

Another think I wanted to highlight is that we focus a lot of what it is lacking, but pay little if none attention to what do we do. We as human being take a lot of things for granted, and we always the hard way to value them when we lost them. Although some people might argue about that this probably it is not the best time of the year to reflect on (Thanksgiving Day might be the day) I think that during these days we should all take a look at those things such as a current job, a good health for your and your family, time with your family and friends, your old or used values, something to eat, freedom, security, peace.

So let’s start focus on those things we do have. Let’s try to improve them, fortify them and make them better. Those are the things we already have so why don’t pay the same attention to maintain them? I hope all of you had a wonderful Holidays and great start on this 2011.
Happy New year everyone and wish you all the best and success!!

Today, another important milestone was reached. The final printing of 2 products that I contributed with their content was finally accomplished. This brings me a great satisfaction because these products represent an original idea I had back on December 2009.

Besides its utility and nice layout, “A Simple Act” also fulfill a personal goal which is trying to make a contribution to the community and society by providing something that inspire them and others in their daily life. The calendar and the agenda, contains inspiring actions to cheer your day or the day of others.

A Simple Act is a product developed and designed by my wife in cooperation with Toronto Star and it will be sold in Chapters-Indigo across Canada very soon. I hope you like it or buy one as a gift for someone special.

Finally saving the best part to the end; one of the illustration happens to be designed by my older son Gabriel (7 at the time of drawing) which made him and us so proud of his talent. I belief he will follow the steps of his talented mom very soon.

Finding smile faces it is not as trivial as it seems to be. It might require some imagination as well as paying detailed attention to our surroundings, but more importantly I think, to have the right attitude.
The lesson I learned from this experience was that if we focus on positive and inspiring things like these smiling faces, they will start appearing everywhere. It is like when you concentrate in the color red for a couple of seconds and then you start noticing red everywhere.

Whether you focus on the negative or the positive it will become self-fulfilling prophecy. Keep looking for the smile faces and they will keep popping out.

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I remembered long time ago when we were going for a trip with my family and I was drinking my coffee while I was driving. At that moment my older son said loud half complaining half commenting what he had just read in one of the highway’s sign: “Don’t drink and drive”. Even though my wife and I smiled for his comments I though that he actually was absolutely right about the chance of having an accident while someone behind the wheel is drinking a coffee.

So I decided that I should never drink my coffee while I am driving and that’s has been the rule since. As a secondary effect, I cut off my drinking habit and no longer drink coffee in the morning. Improving health, save some money and more important driving safe.

I couldn’t hear the whole conversation but this older gentleman was talking something about the responsibility to had risen 4 kids all by himself pointing out to the next table where in fact 4 kids where eaten as well. It was a unusual scene because the fact that in both tables there weren’t  moms around. It made me wonder about what could be the story behind in both cases the older with their older kids and the young man with his baby.

Wherever was the reason no mothers were present I just thought to myself  how lucky those kids are because they still have someone to look after them.

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Photo by Jonathan

I was asking him some questions like their names and their backgrounds. The conversation started to turn very interesting with all different kind of questions I was asking him and all the answers he was giving me. I could feel a close connection during this short period of time. It was about for him to go to sleep, but my son wanted to continue talk about their friends so we continue for another 10 minutes when we decided it was time to stop.

I just realized that, kids like any other persons, want some attention and quality time to share together. And even a simple conversations like we had, make them feel important and loved. An enlightening moment and a very beautiful one.