When Life Gives You Lemons You Make Lemonade * By Robert Cruces

When Life gives you lemons you make lemonade. Sometimes we 

don’t know what’s going to happen today or tomorrow let alone 

what will happen the next month or year. Recently I met with some

clients of mine and they had practically all of their financial plans in 

good order with the proper asset allocation and mixture of both 

conservative and growth type of investment goals. But upon their

departure I’ve noticed that their overall level of personal happiness

was not truly fulfilled to where it should be at this stage of their lives.

Most if not all of their assets was set aside to pass on to their children 

and immediate family upon their death. The real estate and retirement 

accounts was all established for their loved ones and they rarely even

used their own facilities. In fact they haven’t taken a vacation in over

eight years.

Sometimes the lemons life can throw at us can be disguised. For most

of us there’s not enough hours in a day and sometimes you need to 

take a step back and pay attention to you. Every morning I wake up and

set aside about five minutes entirely for myself and all that’s happening

or concerned. There should no television, radio, no internet or any other

distraction. Just simple peace of mind and quiet is when you can reflect 

about how you’re feeling and what it is you would like to accomplish for that day, week month year and lifetime. If you’re feeling like you have a 

lot of lemons you begin to consider how you can start making lemonade.

So starting today pay attention to yourself and ask yourself what you can

do to really enjoy life and all of the wonders it can hold. As for my clients they are now enjoying their lemonade on the beach with the joys of taking 

a vacation that has not been done for over eight years. Financial security 

is top priority when planning your retirement but so is having a true pure

sense of personal happiness for yourself and your loved ones. Take that

moment and set it aside for yourself. Take those lemons life seems to throw 

at us from time to time and begin to start to make lemonade. You can visit and reach me online at: www.Standard CapitalFinancial.com