On the way home from 8:45am Mass yesterday. Have had a visit on my radar for about a year.
This Church is two miles from our subdivision…
The unexpected welcome received was stunning.
Will Life Bridge Church be life altering?
On the way home from Mass yesterday, i stopped at the Church to have a look. It was my second visit but the first time going inside.
Super important to add this context: i LOVE our Catholic Parish and the sense of community.
Not a fan of the commute though.
Have been focused on slowly and steadily simplifying life by switching doctors, insurance agent, school, shopping, hospital, bank, gas station, and coffee house in an effort to stay close to home.
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What should we do when we love something yet it may be silently overwhelming us, or at the very least, it holds us back from our full potential because of the travel time required?
What if we could slay the travel time excuse and create a remarkable opportunity?
There’s a Church adjacent to our subdivision. It’s a three-minute drive, two minutes of which are required to exit our driveway and get to the main highway. It’s literally a minute away.
Our current Church is 20 minutes away and we have loved being a part of that community since 1999. i hate the thought of leaving.
i love the thought of being a minute away and the possibilities proximity holds.
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A break from Disney storyboarding because i just stumbled upon this video and it’s so important because it reinforces the power of small change. And a storyboard allows for identifying, and then either adding or eliminating, small changes that can make something better or detract from it.
Wolves had been gone from Yellowstone for 70 years, when 14 wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone in 1995. This five-minute video is remarkable and astonishing.
Every action we take has a ripple effect.
There are positive ripples and there are less than positive ripples.
The good news is that a positive change can reverse years of poor choices.
The bad news is it works the other way too.
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One of my favorite flowers, the Florida beach sunflower.
You can’t do it all.
People who’ve neglected important things in their life (and there are a million reasons why), will have a reckoning at some point.
It’s happened to me and it will continue to happen to me.
Same for you.
i’m motivated to create a life as i age that won’t place stock on someone else helping me address the things i’m neglecting now because of the million excuses readily available.
That’s a leading cause for depression as we age – investing in things that change (but we didn’t plan on them changing). Our situation can change in an instant and if our life’s plan didn’t account for that, we’re sunk.
For example, as i get older, it would be stereotypical for me (as a parent) to think our son will help take care of me in my final years. So it’s tempting to not make difficult choices, like downsizing out of a lifelong residence into a senior facility. First because these choices are painful and second because it’s so much work.
Remember investing in things that change?
What if something tragic happens to my son (and wife)?
Odds are low but they are not zero.
Conclusion, plan on worst case scenario and rejoice when it doesn’t happen.
And remember that not being prepared is a regretful (and perhaps sinful) choice.
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On April Fool’s Day 2009, jeff noel began writing five daily, differently-themed blogs (on five different sites). It was to be a 100-day self-imposed “writer’s bootcamp”, in preparation for writing his first book. He hasn’t missed a single day since.
To move from being intentional most of the time to being intentional all of the time.
Is it worth it?
Why would any of us deny ourselves the freedom to choose?
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On April Fool’s Day 2009, jeff noel began writing five daily, differently-themed blogs (on five different sites). It was to be a 100-day self-imposed “writer’s bootcamp”, in preparation for writing his first book. He hasn’t missed a single day since.
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