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Rest On Sunday?

Real Life, In Real Time (September 25, 2010) — Real Life, In Real Time (September 26, 2010)

Resting on Sunday (Sabbath) sure looks good on paper. Saturday night I was thinking about the two speeches I would deliver yesterday (Sunday) morning.

There is a certain anxiety that accompanies a public speaker’s life. Large or small audiences, it doesn’t matter. Everyone is expecting you to be smart, and hopefully, funny.

The first speech, a reading from the book of the prophet Amos, was 90 seconds, delivered to an audience of hundreds.

The second speech, the Homily, was seven minutes, delivered to 60 children from kindergarten to 5th grade. It was in a separate building, a few minutes after the first.

Unlike today’s point at Mid Life Celebration, I didn’t tell our son (10) “why” I worked so hard on a Sunday. Well, not until dinner last night.

Even Jesus had to explain (defend) why he worked (helped others) on Sunday.

You now exactly what it’s like. Most of the work we do to serve others looks easy and natural.

Can we all agree it would have been so much easier to sleep in?

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When you are an entrepreneur

When you are an entrepreneur, there is no theory.

All there is is try and then learn.

Launch, learn, revise.

Repeat.

Launch, learn, revise.

All the people who dream of how things can be different where they work – well, they have no idea.

September 2010 weekends were made for creativity

September 2010 weekends were made for creativity.

Writing on the weekends but not posting was a super creative way to keep the daily writing streak alive.

It was more than a year of using WordPress before i learned how to schedule future posts.

So yeah, 3k posts seemed monumental.

As i creatively correct the Word Press calendar tallies (now, November 24, 2017), i’ve already passed the 15,000 blog post milestone.

Crazy.

Disney: Let The Memories Begin

Disney announced yesterday a new corporate campaign to help people all over the world have fun together. It’s called Let The Memories Begin.

And also yesterday, I was telling a fellow blogger that people think I don’t need to worry about my health, because I’m so physically fit.

And then another person joined in our conversation, commenting on my optimism. And after she left, I told my friend, “Same thing with attitude. I just work hard at it. ALL DAY, EVERYDAY”.

Happy people have to work hard at being happy. Many people don’t believe this.

Disney’s philosophies and Disney’s products are one of the tactics you can use to stay focused on the positive. Don’t believe me? Click here.

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What books come to mind when you think of your all-time favorites? Napoleon Hill published “Think and Grow Rich” in 1937, which is one of the most transformational books I’ve ever read (in 1985). Many people thought he was only talking about financial riches. He wasn’t.

Luke 6:20-31

And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said: “Blessed are you poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. 21) “Blessed are you that hunger now, for you shall be satisfied. “Blessed are you that weep now, for you shall laugh. 22) “Blessed are you when men hate you, and when they exclude you and revile you, and cast out your name as evil, on account of the Son of man!23) Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold your reward is great in heaven; for so their fathers did to the prophets. 24) “But woe to you that are rich, for you have received your consolation. 25) “Woe to you that are full now, for you shall hunger. “Woe to you that laugh now, for you shall mourn and weep. 26) “Woe to you, when all men speak well of you, for so their fathers did to the false prophets. 27) “But I say to you that hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28) bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you. 29)To him who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also; and from him who takes away your coat do not withhold even your shirt. 30) Give to every one who begs from you; and of him who takes away your goods do not ask them again. 31) And as you wish that men would do to you, do so to them.“

The road is hard and the gate narrow. But you already know that. So then the next question is, “What do you do with that knowledge”?

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