Friends, welcome to your personal space of peace and positive thinking, here for you each week. It's here to bring you back up on days when life may be pulling you down, or to simply keep your spirits uplifted, week after week.

This morning under the shower, I had a great idea for this column! Later, while dropping the kids to school,I thought I should write it down. Because it was such a super thought, I was certain I’d remember it when it was time to write the piece.

BUT, then things started to happen, the phone rang, problems developed, which had to be dealt with along the way, I LOST IT, the brilliant idea for my column! In the maze of activities, it quietly slipped away. HOW COULD IT?

Since then, I have been trying to retrace my steps and thoughts, hoping it will come back to me, new improved, but no such luck! I should have written it down; but it's just that the idea was so overpowering, I thought I’d never lose it. That made me wonder… How many other things have got lost?

It is so important to keep a written record of thoughts, because, in our complex world, where information is directed at us all day long, it is not humanly possible to keep it all in mind.

Make a habit of putting your thoughts to paper, to be reviewed later. Your mind can only hold so much and it’s possible that the answer you're looking for today, may well be what you thought months ago. Keeping a record of important ideas will give you an effective resource for a successful life and thankful that you had the foresight to put it in BLACK ON WHITE.