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Love Who You Love

Love Who You Love

Up at 30K feet, from Memphis to Orlando, listening to Rascal Flatts‘ new song, Love Who You Love, for about the sixth time.

However, this is the first time I’m actually listening to the words.

WOW!

What struck me is the story. It sounds like my story. It sounds like your story. It sounds like the story of most people’s lives.

Why?

Because I get so damned busy doing things, and keep promising I’ll get to the simple things. Like sitting so close, they can feel it.

Like stealing little moments. But becoming an actual habitual criminal, always stealing those little moments.

A note in a lunch box, or a purse. A voice message at work before she gets there. An extra visit to my son’s favorite store – The Lego Store at Downtown Disney.

Ya with me?

I can’t wait to get home, and hug them as hard as they’ll let me.

You know what, I actually could care less if you think this is too sappy or weak, or old fashioned.

If I don’t start changing a little, I’ll regret it a lot.

Thank you Rascal Flatts, for your song and it’s important reminder:

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……… Love Who You Love ……………………..

I should have stolen every moment

Now there’s a page with not enough on it

Where you belong

I guess I never understand it

Why do we take it all for granted

Until it’s gone

Cause then it’s gone

Love who you love

With all that you have

And don’t waste the time that flies so fast

Love who you love

And say that you do

Hold on as tight as they’ll let you

Give all you got like it’s your last day

Your heart and soul before it’s too late

And pull ’em in

Sit close enough that they can feel it

Live every single breath that you’re breathing

Breathe it in

Again and again

Love who you love

With all that you have

And don’t waste the time that flies so fast

Love who you love

And say that you do

Hold on as tight as they’ll let you

Hold on…. Hold on….. Hold on…….

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Love who you love and carpe diem, jeff noel 🙂

PS. Click the link above to listen to 30 seconds.

Who Hates Quotes?

Not me. I love quotes.

Why?

Because, to me, they capture the essence of an entire volume of thought.

“The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible”. — unknown

Things like:

  • Writing five blogs per day
  • Compete in the World Championships
  • Becoming an accomplished Public Speaker
  • Becoming a Father
  • Meet and marry the love of my life
  • Live past 60
  • Write a book
  • Make the World a better place
  • Find cures for terrible diseases
  • Bring honor and glory to God
  • Hear, “Well done my good and faithful servant”.

Deep, huh?

And why not deep? Perhaps a shallow, unexamined life is good enough.

Perhaps it’s not.

Carpe diem, jeff noel 🙂

Memorial Day

Make today a great day.

I’ll be spending my time remembering those who paid our debt in full, so that we can have the freedom to do what we like.

I wrote a short post at www.junglejeff.net

Peace. Carpe diem, jeff noel 🙂

Blessed Beast?

Yesterday morning, as I was returning from a run, a neighborhood middle school boy was waiting for his school bus.

As I was slowly running by, on the cool down portion, I said to him spontaneously, “Just do it! I could talk about exercising. I could think about exercising. I could hope to exercise. Or, I can just do it!”

He replied rather spontaneously, “You’re a beast“!

He meant it as a compliment. My body fat is around eight percent. I was shirtless and had that sweaty sheen from five good miles, plus the early Florida morning humidity.

I thought for a moment, and yelled back, “A blessed Beast“!

His Father is a Pastor, and I’m a life-long Disney advocate, and I was making a play on religion and the Disney classic, Beauty and the Beast.

Oh well, guess you had to be there.

If you don’t exercise, but want to, try something creative. Do something easy. A goal so small, you can’t fail. Do it five days in a row.

The following week, do just a hair more, for five more days.

Repeat this process week after week and guess where you’ll be a year from now?

Like it or not, you are responsible for your health. Ignoring this doesn’t make it go away.

No male on my Dad’s side made it past 60 years. I’ll be 50 in a couple weeks. Ever thought how you’d live your life if you only had ten years left?

Carpe diem, jeff noel 🙂