“It’s not doing what you like that’s important – it’s liking what you do“. — Eric Butterworth
It took me a long time to understand this. Better late than never, eh? Carpe diem, jeff noel 🙂
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Happiness just around the corner?
“My opinion is that you never find happiness until you stop looking for it“. — Chuang Tzu
Things that make a person go hmmmm…….
Carpe diem, jeff noel 🙂
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Where’s the humility in posting your name on your blog?
Not sure it has anything to do with humility at this point. It has to do with Search Engine Optimization (SEO). Others call it Search Engine Marketing (SEM).
By any name, it’s really about helping and serving others.
How?
How can you help someone if they don’t know who you are and especially if they don’t know that you would like to help? SEO and SEM help get the word out when people use Google, Yahoo, and other search engines.
This site is one of five, as I experiment with a “retirement” project to step up my efforts to Make the World a Better Place before I die.
Mid Life Celebration.com – Rethink. Reprioritize. Recommit.
Lane 8.org – Dream Big. Get There. Stay There.
jeff noel.com – Do Something Great.
jungle jeff.net – Daily Reflections On Excellence.
jeff noel.org – Surrender. Self Control. Service.
Ever get to a point in your life where you say, “I’m going to quit dreaming and start doing”?
I have. Carpe diem, jeff noel 🙂
Stewardship 12 Gardens
The 12 Gardens of Stewardship:
- Body
- Family & Friends
- Globe
- Decisions
- Emotions
- “Polis”
- Chip
- History
- Mind
- Arts
- Money
- Soul
(Reference: Church of St. Peter, North St. Paul, Minnesota)
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How to Dance in the Rain
It was a busy morning, about 8:30 , when an elderly gentleman in his 80s arrived at the hospital to have stitches removed from his thumb. He said he was in a hurry as he had an appointment at 9:00 am.
I took his vital signs and had him take a seat, knowing it would be over an hour before someone would to able to see him. I saw him looking at his watch and decided, since I was not busy with another patient, I would evaluate his wound. On exam, it was well healed, so I talked to one of the doctors, got the needed supplies to remove his sutures and redress his wound.
While taking care of his wound, I asked him if he had another doctor’s appointment this morning, as he was in such a hurry.
The gentleman told me no, that he needed to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with his wife. I inquired as to her health.
He told me she had been there for a while and that she was a victim of Alzheimer’s Disease.
As we talked, I asked if she would be upset if he was a bit late.
He replied that she no longer knew who he was, that she had not recognized him in five years now.
I was surprised, and asked him, ‘And you still go every morning, even though she doesn’t know who you are?’
He smiled as he patted my hand and said,
‘She doesn’t know me, but I still know who she is..’
I had to hold back tears as he left, I had goose bumps on my arm, and thought,
‘That is the kind of love I want in my life.’
True love is neither physical, nor romantic.
True love is an acceptance of all that is, has been, will be, and will not be.
With all the jokes and fun that are in e-mails, sometimes there is one that comes along that has an important message. This one I thought I could share with you.
The happiest people don’t necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the best of everything they have..
I hope you share this with someone you care about.
I just did.
‘Life isn’t about how to survive the storm,
but how to dance in the rain.