When I reflect on the insights, the planning, the strategies, the tactics and the values fostered and promoted by the developer I am both amazed and thankful that someone had this vision and was able to pull it off. I'm not sure that I could name another city or town this size that comes close to being run as efficiently and offers the quality of life that The Villages does. Yet people complain. Why? Often it comes down to differences in personal values. Some of us were raised in an environment of 'glass half full', other's grew up looking at everything as 'half empty'. Some of us naturally come at things from a place of abundance, others come at things from a place of scarcity. The bottom line is that we all have a choice...do we listen to the complainers and allow them to drag us down to their level of negativity, or do we ignore them and enjoy the lifestyle! I try to live life like that old song Johnny Mercier wrote...accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative and don't mess with "Mister In between." My guess is that being able to stand on the sidelines and complain somehow fills an inner need for some people.
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