Disney Customer Service Keynote Speaker
Five daily blogs about life's 5 big choices on five different sites.
Visiting today, here in Portland, Maine. On the phone last night my wife (and son) asked how my day was.
“I left the house at 7:30AM. I got to the Hotel room to finish the day’s activities at 8:30PM”, I said, not complaining, just stating the facts.
We all should feel blessed beyond measure for what we get and what we make of what we get.
Otherwise, life might get the best of us.
It’s a daily choice. Sometimes even an hour to hour or minute to minute choice.
That’s all that has do be done. Just pick up the phone and call. So why haven’t I?
Probably the same reason they haven’t done it.
So who’s right? Is there even a right or wrong? Seems irrelevant. So who’s going to make the first move?
Ever feel like this scenario? Any advice to people (me) who have a challenging habit of not staying in touch?
Six months ago, I accepted our Pastor’s challenge to start everyday on my knees. Our Pastor would ask the congregation every Sunday, “How many of you started the day on your knees”?
Literally, no one’s hand went up. Over 1,000 people and no one? Impossible.
So, on April 1, 2009, I started. It’s been six months and I haven’t stopped. Does this make me a righteous person. Not even close.
Does it make me more mindful of each day being a special gift and privilege? Absolutely.
What’s stopping you? Seriously. How hard is it to do this every day. It isn’t. Which brings us back to the original point.
It’s been six months. And six months from now, it will have been a year. Six months from now will mean what to you?
WWJD. What would Jesus do? Most are familiar with this.
Because my mind works in mysterious ways, this acronym could also have a second meaning:
What would jeff do? No one is familiar with this.
That’s okay. As long as it means something to me (everyday), then the odds increase that better choices are made. One day at a time. Always an eye on the future. Always a reflection on the past. But mostly, carpe diem.
What do you do every day, to get and stay focused – in the moment to moment opportunities that today brings you?
You are preparing for this TODAY, right?
Last night after delivering a Web Seminar, I picked up our third-grade son, like every other day. Except Wednesday, we have Catechism.
He’s a student and I’m a junior assistant deputy teacher. Miss Jane runs the class, and I sort of help by staying out of the way and pitching in here and there.
Anyway, our routine is a drive-through fast food place for dinner, eat on the way and in the parking lot. Clean ourselves up a bit. Class 6:30 – 7:45PM. Head home.
Our son could barely walk on his right leg, so we did not go.
We never know when he will have pain, where he will have pain (it migrates all over his body), or how long it will last.
It’s just a part of our landscape. We simply do the best we can, and keep moving forward.