Australia – Page 2 – Disney Customer Service Keynote Speaker

Australia Day 19, spirit

Two elementary school student photos — If this is my sister’s 1st grade photo, this is my 5th grade photo. Two years after these photos, i made the Spring Grove Area Junior High School Track & Field varsity team.

i serve others through my roles as husband, father, and teacher. Running brings those roles to life.
dad

To teach is to learn twice.

To serve is to honor the gift of life.

To run is to honor the Universe’s ability to sustain humans.

Running is how we caught food.

Running is how we escaped being food.

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Australia Day 18, spirit

Change what you see. You can observe a lot by watching.

Find a million ways to sustain and improve your childlike wonder, hope, and love.
dad

Whatever you believe in, may it be enough to give you peace when it’s your time to go.

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Australia Day 17, spirit

22-second video: People caring for people. Never gets old.

Thank you card — We delivered two basket-snack trays to the Hospital’s Gastro team and their Infusion team.

Two Envelopes with handwriting — Cheryl’s diligence and persistence led to great relationships before we ever left home. Chapin’s first infusion (of three Australian infusions) was a week ago.

Spiritual vibrancy comes from doing life’s basics brilliantly.
dad

Surrender, forgiveness, gratitude.

Kindness, generosity, patience.

Faith, hope, love.

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Australia Day 16, spirit

National Park information sign — While i might be fit (for my age) right now, i am not really fit.

Mountain — Rebuilding fitness after it washed away is a poignant reminder how helpful fit is to a person’s choices.

Be an example, not a warning.
dad

Patience.

Perspective.

Practice.

Priorities.

Perseverance.

Repeat.

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Australia Day 15, spirit

Map — Laguna Bay is shaded by Noosa Hill for awhile after sunrise.

Surfers in the ocean — Laguna Bay is a Saturday morning surf hotspot. The sun is up, but has yet to hit Laguna Bay.

25-second video: An Australian Saturday Summer morning around 6:00 AM. Sunrise was 5:22 AM.

i love palm trees and sunshine. However, beaches to me are passive environments.
dad

There’s a time and a place for a beach vacation.

Our first trip to Australia is not it.

We enjoy our location, 1.5 miles from the South Pacific. It’s an easy 30-minute walk from our apartment.

We’d enjoy it even more if it was winter here.

Summer’s in Florida can casually be called ‘brutally hot’.

With 40+ Florida summers under our belt, we know how to thrive in Florida summers. We’ve designed our home and our habits for thriving, all year long.

But in a place 15 time zones away, we have no systems or processes. No history. No comfort level. No expertise.

Everything here is new to us.

i have what i carried (from Orlando) in two small ‘kiddie backpacks’.

Our apartment, and it’s grounds, is not remotely close to being my two favorite places on our planet.

And yet here we are enjoying ourselves at a high level.

The Australian Summer’s temperature and sun exposure, in our new and temporary setting, reminds me what personal vibrancy requires…

Systems and processes to balance all five of life’s big choices.

The heartbeat of our Orlando home is Walt Disney World.

The energy. The quality. The vibrancy. The back porch. The front porch. The time-tested and time-honed structure and processes. The intimate knowledge of the floral and fauna, the intimate seasonal vibrations.

Life is good at the vacation capital of the world.

Life is good here too.

It’s just not home.

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