Busy-ness is our addiction of choice

Mickey Mouse's feet

 

(photo: Following in the boss’s foot steps)

People are so stinkin’ busy it’s not even funny.

This is one of the reasons Mid Life Celebration is so important to the world.

Busy-ness is an addiction – a way to entertain, distract, and medicate ourselves from the really important stuff.

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Hope is not enough

Fall foliage

 

(photo: Sun just breaking trough the Iowa City horizon…. coincidence that the photographer was ready at the hotel room window?)

Is hope a reliable fuel source?

Hope is not enough.

Action must support and validate our hope.

Otherwise hope is just a narcotic.

Take action. Lots of action.

In addition to what we do, action can also be defined by what we stop doing.

Hope is a fuel.

Action is a fuel also, one that burns longer and stronger.

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Yes, from our ashes, beauty will rise

Burnt cypress palm in nature preserve

 

(photo above: Florida State tree – Sable Palm – after prescribed wildfire)

 

Green sprouts of vegetation rising from recent wildfire

 

(photo above: at the base of the Sable Palm, new vegetation is springing to life just days after wildfire)

Yes, from our ashes, beauty will rise.

Final answer.

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Final answer

smoking in car
Constant prayer, even at a stoplight, even for a stranger, addicted.

 

Constant prayer, even at a stoplight, even for a stranger, addicted.

Final answer.

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Note: Photo taken yesterday. Real life in real time.