January 24 he put a gun in his mouth

jeff noel slogan think differently
Love how Disney Institute has adopted my business tag-line .think .differently (see the darker text near the bottom)

 

January 24 (today), in 2013, he put a gun in his mouth.

He was at his work desk.

He sent an email to dozens of people just before he took his life.

Received his email the minute he hit enter.

i called him immediately.

Thought it was some stupid joke.

After the first ring, i hung up.

“What if he’s not joking?”

Hell is real and no one is immune.

After four years, i just feel compelled this morning to write this – bad things happen to good people.

The beauty of daily writing (for 3,200+ consecutive days) is that it’s healthy in a way i never knew when i did not write..

There is no email subscription option on my blogs, no place to comment, and i don’t actively recommend these personal blogs to anyone.

Even though his letter clearly stated why Scott did this, we will never understand Scott’s why.

 

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Jesus thought some were undeserving

LGBT church
Is Jesus the center of Christianity?

 

LGBT church
Would this headline make Jesus smile?

 

Jesus thought some were undeserving.

Right?

It’s in the Bible’s fine print.

Jesus said, “Everyone is welcome here, except them.”

“Those LGBT folks, don’t let them in. Ever.”, Jesus continued.

Ok, so now this article (and where the photos came from) adds context to the five previous sentences.

It seems, to me, to be so painfully obvious – am i grossly out of touch with a foundational understanding of Christianity and Jesus?

How does anyone professing Faith in Jesus allow this to happen?

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How poor must you be before you can stop serving others?

JFK quote
Was oblivious to JFK’s death anniversary yesterday, November 22, 2017.

 

 

How poor must you be before you can stop serving others?

As we age and decline, at what point should serving others become a one-way street?

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Never told a soul

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Profound.

 

 

Reunited for a two-day client engagement. The ninth time we’ve been together. The CEO, his Cabinet, and administrative staff

The CEO, his Cabinet, and the administrative staff and i have grown closer with each engagement.

Never told a soul.

The executive team i’ve been working with asked, “How have you been?”

What was i gonna say, “Awful. Went to two Family funerals in one week.”

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All we can do

car accident
Yesterday’s bike ride to the gym. This is where the vehicle was removed and pulled back out onto the road to take away.

 

car accident
The vehicle came off the road, onto the sidewalk about 100 feet past my bike. My bike marks where the vehicle went off the sidewalk and into the grass.

 

car accident
The vehicle narrowly missed the fire hydrant and came to rest at the forest’s edge.

 

missing person poster
Seven miles later and one block from the gym, i passed this poster.

 

missing person poster
Unimaginable pain (and hope) twelve years later. It’s the same design from 2006, and they were everywhere. But they all faded over the years. This is a fresh poster, less than a month old. i pass this exact spot three times a week.

 

Horse back riding in residential area
One street away from home, a neighbor on her horse (right).

 

All we can do is all we can do.

So then the question becomes, “How do we know if we are doing all we can do?”

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