Disney Customer Service Keynote Speaker
Five daily blogs about life's 5 big choices on five different sites.
Ever heard of K2?
It’s a mountain, in Pakistan.
A really, really tall mountain.
In fact if it were only 779 feet taller, it would be the world’s tallest.
Surpass Mount Everest as world’s tallest? Wow!
If Mount Everest is my faith, K2 is my fear.
Caution, some think gigantic, unwavering Faith leads to the absence of fear.
It doesn’t.
What does this mean to the average person?
It means believing in God and having tremendous Faith doesn’t guarantee us a fear-immunity.
Are there things in your life that are difficult to talk about? Things that scare you to talk about?
Me too. But not as much lately. Why? Because of things that have happened and the lessons learned.
Namely, becoming a parent. And thinking about the type of parent a child should have, there are a few key concepts that seem all too obvious to practice well.
Being honest.
On our sunset walk the other night, with our Dog, our son and I talked about random things. Clouds. The sky’s color. The cold air. His “winter” clothing. Sounds we heard. Jokes. Junk.
And then for some reason, as we were turning off the road and through the woods to our house, I saw Carter, our yellow Lab (10), come following behind us.
“You know Carter’s not going to live forever, right? All things die. Carter will die some day. You know this right?”
It felt like the right moment to say that, mostly because of a recent conversation with a death expert.
This “death expert” works in Hospice and Palliative Care. She mentioned that her vision would be that everyone in her community would “die well”, not just her company’s “customers”.
It hit me in a weird, but glorious sort of way. Her honesty. Her frankness. Her ease in talking about death.
Eureka!
If we are aware and not too afraid, we can help Carter die well. We should start thinking about it before we need to.
Same goes for humans.
Thank you Mary and to you too, Joseph, for your courage to do what was needed.
Rejoice.
Peace on Earth, good will toward men.
Emmanuel.
Prince of Peace.
And the list goes on and on.
But does my courage?
Is it?
Is today the day you do the thing you’ve been wanting to do, but haven’t found the courage?
Do what you fear and the death of that fear is certain.
If not today, when?
Seriously. Carpe diem. 🙂
Maybe. I hope so. Ever have something that’s been sort of nagging at you? Something important? Some critical piece of the puzzle?
Me too. And often (not always), what we seek is an opportunity (an ice-breaker) to open the door.
I think it happened last night. Thanks to my wife for being a positive catalyst.
Now it’s up to me to push the door open a little wider. Please pray that I’ll have the wisdom to demonstrate compassion as well as courage. And I’ll do the same for you. Carpe diem.