LAS VEGAS CITY COUNCILWOMAN (Ward 6) MICHELE FIORE SENDS 'BEST WISHES' TO ALL FOR 'HAPPY NEW YEAR in 2018'

i ain't perfect.

Happy New Year! Do you have lots of new year’s resolutions? Gonna get skinny again?

 

How about something entirely different, for the next 30 days make something or somethings right that you chose to do wrong in your past. Take January 2018 and create a private morally honest list, and when that file is clean, burn it. Think about this, do you know if you got away with something in your past? Was it wrong? What if you got away with it, can you fix it or apologize for it? What if time didn’t matter because you would live forever? Would you do things differently? A wrong still matters if it was a decade ago or even two decades ago. If something does not or did not belong to you, give it back. If you hurt someone, say you are sorry. Send a letter, make a call - just make it right. Stay morally honest. If you owe someone money, pay them. Gossip, ever do that, stop gossiping. If you can do more or give more, then do it. Now, if you are perfect, then you do not need that list, but none of us are perfect. Maybe you have wronged yourself? So here is an idea, write a “TO DON’T DO LIST 2018”.

 

• Don’t work seven days a week
• Don’t get less than 8 hours sleep
• Don’t waste your time on things that will not matter in 5 years
• Don’t put up with negativity
• Don’t deprive yourself of traveling or simple pleasures
• Don’t speak of someone to others unless the person you are speaking about is there to defend himself or herself. Gossip can be just as wrong as stealing, unless of course, you are speaking kindly about someone. You might very well influence someone’s thoughts on someone else negatively and inappropriately. This one bullet point seems to push buttons. When someone speaks to me about someone else, I wonder what he or she says about me when I am not there. In addition, I will simply say, “So & so isn’t here to refute that.” Try it, but always know if someone is gossiping about someone to you, you can bet they chat with someone else about you.
 

Make 2018 a truly clean slate for you.

This email comes from something that laid heavy on my heart. You see I almost sent my typical email blast; you know the one with a picture of me with my big cheesy smile, how great everything is and is going to be, my plans for 2018, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. That email blast will come next week. However, today I want to share a story with you.

My friend Paul called me last night. He was troubled about his brother Lloyd who did something wrong 11 years ago, he stole a car. Now today, 11 years later, Lloyd is doing well, he changed his life, he has a beautiful young family and is prominent in the community. But his CEO found out that Loyd stole that car. You see, a few weeks ago, Lloyd, while at the park with his kid, bumped into an old friend named Mark. Mark stole the car with Lloyd, and Lloyd still had the car. It just so happened that Mark was Facebook friends with Lloyd’s current boss and messaged him about it – Supposedly one of those simple “small-world” kind of messages. He let the boss in on the old secret of the stolen car and that Mark was still driving that car around. The CEO called Lloyd into his office and Lloyd admitted it. No one got hurt, the car was stolen, end of the story, right? Nope, Lloyd was forced to resign or he would be terminated. His resignation takes effect today. Lloyd will start 2018 with making new plans for a new career and a big lesson. The point to this story is - my mother always taught me growing up, “Michele if you do something wrong, you better make it right, because if it doesn’t come out in the wash, trust me, it will come out in the rinse.” Lloyd should have given the car back 11 years ago.

Let us make pretend you are going to live forever, fix your wrongs because you have a very long road ahead of you. And I bet your friends and loved ones around you might help you too. Just ask and you shall receive.

Now if you are right where you want to be in life, your past is in perfect order, and you are soaring around with your angelic wings, fabulous, go to the gym and get stronger and healthier. Go hang out on the beach, have a Pina Colada for me. Open a new company, create jobs, flourish and prosper. Just do what makes you happy.

I am your friend. I am an email or a phone call away. Let us do amazing things in 2018!

Happy New Year my friend.


Love always,

Michele