Too good, spiritually

sky ladder
Yesterday my friend Djuan suggested staying away from Paris in late June (’24 Olympics). His first suggestion was the Sky Ladder.

Living with a peace and contentment i’ve only dreamed of. Gotta say, doing the work to get here seems legit.

dad

Too good to be true seems reasonable, to me, for many people and many organizations.

If you surveyed people and companies about their odds for achieving vibrancy, the responses would be stereotypically underwhelming.

Why?

Because.

How’s that for an answer? Ha!

Stereotypically, we are led to believe that only exceptional people (and exceptional companies) lead exceptional lives.

Stereotypes are helpful as a baseline understanding of any domain.

Rupturing stereotypes is the baseline for exceptional ‘anything’.

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Go do your thing

My Cataract surgeon, Dr Shumski, is on paternity-leave, so Dr Callaway has examined the progress three times.
25-second video: Backstage note: this video is the 5th try to articulate what this video articulates. Why? Wifi bandwidth? No idea. Simply grateful that five times is a charm.

No restrictions has a nice ring to it. No doubt there’s a paradoxical danger zone too.

dad

In today’s context, for me, ‘no restrictions’ is perfect. Exhilarating!

’No restrictions’ in a different context and/or a different person could be chaotic.

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Do you really?

Antisemitism website
Photo: A social media image yesterday. Most humans love the concept of love. Those same humans hate the concept of hate. And the terms hypocrite and blind-spot might be synonymous.

Do you love ‘love’ with the same passion and commitment you hate ‘hate’?

dad

Earlier this year had the opportunity to spend 1.5 days with someone at “work”.

We were together 40% of the time.

He said “Jesus Christ” twice. He said it in the same context someone uses for traditional American profanity: exasperation, frustration, contempt, etc.

He also said it in the same reactionary way most people use profanity: unplanned, contemptuously, indiscriminately, non-empathetically (apathetically).

He’s Jewish and has deep family history traced back to the holocaust. Four generations. His family’s story made me teary-eyed.

i shared how much i hate ‘hate’ and told the thesis of the movie Green Mile’s supporting-lead character. Not Tom Hanks, but the jailed black man with a special gift.

My teary eyes, i explained, were from my earnest attempt to suck the negativity, the fear, the oppressor’s hate, the pain, from his soul.

In no way is there an implication, then or now, that i could replicate the Green Mile’s jailed character’s insanely unique gift to rid a cancerous person of their cancer.

But you know i’ve always said, don’t let what you can’t do stop you from what you can.

It was seeing the photo (above) that inspired this post.

While i am not looking forward to it happening again, the pattern is foundational (in my opinion) so i do expect it to happen again.

Praying for wisdom to confront it in the most loving, Green Mile fashion.

Wish me luck, divine wisdom and divine guidance.

Note: In 30+ years at Disney, never used a single curse word.

Bonus note: However, i know how to swear. Was once a High-Schooler in a locker room five days a week.

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Same again

22-second video: Flying termites are swarming now, like they do this time every year.

i will never ask anyone to think about something i haven’t already thought about.

dad

My highest work bar is to be the world’s unequalled Disney Organizational Vibrancy teacher, from a lifetime of learning it as a Disney Cast Member, doing it as a Disney Cast Member, and teaching it to outsiders while a Disney Cast Member.

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All ears to hear the news

Small world kangaroo art
Photo from Cheryl yesterday. ”It’s a Small World After All”. Those aren’t ’Mouse Ears’, they’re “Koala Ears”.
Koala bear
Fuzzy ears. Sleepy eyes. Photo from my iPhone 2024.
17-second video: A return trip to Australia Zoo garnered a ‘Koala experience’. Koala ears seem much bigger, but just as fuzzy, from the backside.

.think .differently

dad
  1. Who was your worst leader and why?
  2. Describe your fav leadership role. Why?
  3. Describe your least fav leadership role. Why?
  4. How did your pet get its name?
  5. Watch Miracle ‘Board Room’ clip

Note: This post’s title (All ears to hear the news) is inspired by today’s one-week post cataract surgery followup exam. i’m ‘All ears to hear the news’ about the continued improvement and (anticipated) reduced physical limitations.

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