The great football coach Lou Holtz, who is now a world renowned speaker and has three simple rules of life that he speaks about. Today I am going to focus on his first rule and I will dedicate the next two days of the blog on the remainder. Rule #1 - Do right. "Just do the right thing," Lou says. "We've all done dumb things and wish we hadn't done them, but you can't go through life with an albatross around your neck saying, 'I made a mistake.' Say you're sorry, make amends and move on."  Two simple and powerful words with much depth and meaning.  We have heard this from our parents to our grandparents as they raised us and taught us about right vs. wrong.  The lessons came to us in many shapes and sizes, yet, we sometimes struggle with doing what is right in our heart vs. what you think is right in your mind.  Our lives could be filled with less complications if we just paid attention to this first rule and did not deviate.  Self forgiveness for making errors would come a lot easier if we spent less time focusing on what you did wrong.  The key is that  you did do somethings right and as a result you will be better in the end when you take inventory of your life choices.  We will not always get things right, however, if we start by doing right, our achievements will far outnumber our shortcomings.