A cup of coffee or $50 grand?

Fancy dessert at Disney Legacy Award banquet
I’m well-versed at both ends of the spectrum, finding more joy on the front line

 

A cup of coffee or $50 grand?

The conversation between the executive and the line worker yesterday entered the philosophical realms of what is worth more.

Mailing a $50,000 donation check to charity or being the volunteer to hand the fresh cup of coffee to the homeless woman.

Being close enough to deliver, appreciate, and receive immediate joy in her face?

Or…

Visualizing from your living room how many people’s lives are changed from your massive donation.

Tough call.

I propose we should know our answer intimately.

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The vicious circle of deflecting responsibility

Florida field of wildflowers
Nature teaches us to adapt and overcome, and blossom

 

When someone else changes, then things will change for me.

But this is never going to happen.

The only way to deal with this is to let it go.

Letting go may be the hardest, and best, thing we ever learn to do.

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Should religion satisfy our longing for community and challenge?

View from my Indianapolis Sheraton room
View from my Indianapolis Sheraton room

 

Should religion satisfy our longing for community and challenge?

Is it possible that many of us spend our waking hours unsure of who we are and where we belong?

And that we all long for a grand challenge that makes our heart race with a sense of purpose?

Taking a moment to thank you for being a part of Mid Life Celebration’s five blogs.

Hope it feels like home, and like an exciting adventure into the second half of our purpose-driven life.

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