Bee Happy!!

 

 

Stop Waiting

Author Unknown

We convince ourselves that life will be better after we get married, have a baby, then another.  Then we are frustrated that the kids aren't old enough and we'll be more content when they are.  After that we're frustrated that we have teenagers to deal with.  We will certainly be happy when they are out of that stage.  We tell ourselves that our life will be complete when our spouse gets his or her act together, when we get a nicer car, are able to go on a nice vacation, when we retire.

The truth is, there's no better time to be happy than right now!

 

Your life will always be filled with challenges.  It's best to admit this to yourself and decide to be happy anyway.  One of my favorite quotes comes from Alfred D Souza.  He said, "For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin - real life.  But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be served, a debt to be paid.  Then life would begin.  At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life."

This perspective has helped me to see that there is no way to happiness.  Happiness is the way.  So, treasure every moment that you have.

Stop waiting until you finish school, until you go back to school, until you lose ten pounds, until you gain ten pounds, until you have kids, until your kids leave the house, until you start work, until you retire, until you get married, until you get divorced, until Friday night, until Sunday morning, until you get a new car or home, until your car or home is paid off, until spring, until summer, until fall, until winter, until you are off welfare, until the first or fifteenth, until your song comes on, until you've had a drink, until you've sobered up, until you die, until you are born again to decide that there is no better time than right now to be happy!

 

 

       

 

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Meet Your Blogger Tara

Hi there!  My name is Tara and I am the Associate Business Development Specialist for Cornerstone Wealth Management Partners. 

 

I joined the Cornerstone team last May and I am very excited to be one of the bloggers for the Cornerstone Command Center Blogosphere!

I was born in Olympia Washington but my family moved to Montana when I was in grade school.  I consider my home of Montana to be the absolute best place to live and I intend on growing old here.  My husband and I have two sons named Jordan and Jayden and we love watching them grow.  Our sons are Junior Rangers, so this summer has been filled with many outdoor adventures exploring Montana!

We have a family cabin in Polebridge so we spend a lot of time in the North Fork area of Glacier National Park which is a more remote area of the park.  Our family loves hiking up to the fire lookouts in and around Glacier National Park.  This year we have conquered Numa Ridge Lookout, Hornet Lookout, Huckleberry Lookout, and Cyclone Lookout with many more on the to do list. 

 

 

 

One of our summer highlights was experiencing the Glacier Whitewater on a rafting trip of Montana’s Middle Fork River and when we stopped for lunch we caught whitefish from the pristine mountain water!

Overall, my family’s favorite Glacier National Park experiences are the night sky! 

 

If you haven’t attended one of the Star Parties at Logan Pass yet you are truly missing out.  The Big Sky Astronomy Club puts on a phenomenal show discovering the universe in the abundant Montana “dark sky” which is an endangered resource for many people that live in the city.  They have telescopes set up for viewing and expert advice about the many intriguing stars, nebula, planets, and galaxies!

Stay tuned into the Cornerstone Blog for many more explorations as I journey with the amazing team of Cornerstone!

As always…Shine bright!

Tara Gregoire

Summer fun at Cornerstone Wealth Management Partners!

Why we Were Happy to Overpay...

We would like to send a big thank you to Andy Andrews who shared another inspirational story with us.  Follow this link to view the article "Why It’s Good to Occasionally Overpay" at http://www.andyandrews.com/blog/why-its-good-to-occasionally-overpay/.  This article prompted us to share our own heartwarming story of someone that touched our lives and that we were very glad to pay too much for a service to.  We have heard Andy Andrews speak, read many of his books and love to read his emails and stories.  We never grow tired of being inspired by Andy Andrews!

For many years Nordstrom in Spokane had a wonderful shoe shine man in their men’s shoe department.  His name was Clarence.  Don would take shoes to him when we were going to be in Spokane and drop them off for Clarence to do his magic and turn Don’s scuffed shoes into shiny, well-polished and buffed shoes.  We could have sat for hours and watched Clarence perform his magic in his trade of polishing shoes, and many times he would share his many, many stories of growing up in the Deep South and joining the military and being stationed in Gt. Falls, Montana – and being sent to Havre, Montana to live – compliments of the US Air Force.  Yes, that is correct – the US Air Force and Havre, Montana.  He said that he had never been treated as well as he was by the good Montana citizens in Havre.  You see, Clarence was (as he called himself) a black man and he loved to tell stories how many of the good citizens of Havre had never seen a black man before and he had never been treated so well by so many “white people” (his words).  Clarence would take his shoe shine rags and make them sound like a train whistle and/or a train going down the tracks – no matter how many times we heard the same story or watched his leathered hands and shoe shine rags work their magic we never grew tired of watching him work at his craft. 

When Clarence was done polishing and shining Don’s shoes he would tell Don how much he was owed (which was never what it was worth), Don would gladly pay and then always leave a big tip.  So you see, like Andy Andrews, Don didn’t mind paying too much!  Clarence isn’t with us anymore, he has gone on to share his stories and craft with others in the heavens – so Clarence if we didn’t tell you enough before – “Thank you for making our day when we saw you and thank you for making both Don and Leslie Rich feel special and welcome at your shoe shine station.”

Is there someone that has touched your life?  Or is there someone that you have wanted to pay too much to for a service that you have received?  Share your story with us on our facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/CornerstoneWealthManagementPartners.

The Cornerstone Wealth Management Partners Team

Today’s blogger is Katie. You may or may not have heard of me, but I’m the Associate Client Services Specialist. My role in the office requires a lot of “background” work to make our client’s experience here enjoyable! I’m writing this on such a beautiful day in Kalispell, Montana. The sunshine is out and the crazy Montana weather is fading away... Or at least we hope so!

To let you know a little bit more about me…

I am currently an honors student at Flathead Valley Community College. I’ve completed my first year of college and it definitely has been a very exciting and interesting journey! The semester will start back up towards the end of August and I will continue learning about the world of Business while maintaining my position in the CWMP team. However, in the meantime, I have the summer break to enjoy and not worry about turning in homework or papers!

My summer has been filled with oodles of outdoor activities. My fiancé and I have taken our kayaks out as well as boating around the valley! As a newly engaged couple (My fiancé did such an amazing proposal!), we are having so much fun learning the tricks to Kayaking together. I will also be spending my weekends this summer exploring Glacier Park, camping, boating, and spending time with my family, fiancé, and friends.

I’ve been part of the team at Cornerstone for almost 2 years now. I’ve had so many valuable learning experiences so far and I’m excited for many more opportunities to come. Each day is a new learning experience and I’m lucky to be part of such an educated team and one that pushes each other towards success both personally and professionally. I love working with the Cornerstone team as each day is a new adventure that we grow and learn from together.

I have much more to talk about, but I better spread it out a little otherwise I might write a book!

Until next time!

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