Tag: vibrancy

How can you not?

drawing in the sand
This is a finger drawing of Mid Life Celebration’s five big choices: mind, body, spirit, work, home.

How can you not pause each morning for one or two minutes, on your knees, to center your spiritual core?

Thank God you recognized how grateful you were those first mornings at home…

Awaken, kiss Cheryl, walk down the hall to our four-day old son’s room, kiss his head, drop to my knees and give thinks to God for the miracle of parenthood.

Our son’s first three days were in a hospital room.

Every morning it was the same.

Wouldn’t start prolific blogging for another nine years.

Maybe it was those 18-years of daily dropping to the knees, walks down the hall to kiss our son’s head – maybe that was the catalyst for prolific daily blogging.

Maybe the daily, never-missing-a-day routine was (is) simply a manifestation of personal growth in being present.

Present every day.

All day.

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Please keep me humble

Cinderella castle
Moana in the shadow. Peter Pan down low on left. Alice, lower right.

Dear Heavenly Father, dear Universe, dear karma, please keep me humble.

We reap what we sow.

Amongst the countless mistakes i’ve made the past 60+ years there are some stunningly smart things i’ve long-term invested in:

  1. Positive attitude – growth mindset
  2. Physical health – wellbeing
  3. Peace and contentment – gratitude
  4. Career artistry – category of one
  5. Home organization – prioritizing priorities

The six-plus decade habit of focus and discipline and the magic of compound interest have led to a place that feels surreal.

Please keep me humble.

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Tough love is kind

text note to self
Reminder to consider this idea that popped up just before bicycling yesterday.
coffee mug and glass jar
The bead jar was emptied one bead a week for 18 years (936 weeks). One blue bead remains to allow bead size context. The coffee mug is a gift from Donna Flanagin. Donna has read the 5 daily, differently-themed blog posts since the beginning in 2009.

Tough love is kind.

If you don’t prepare yourself for your future, you are being unkind to yourself.

If you don’t prepare your child(ren) for their future you are being unkind to them.

Tough to think about, right?

That’s why it’s kind.

You alleviate preventable hardship down the road because you planned ahead and acted ahead.

You changed when you didn’t need to.

It’s called being proactive and loving.

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What does an excellent day look like?

jeff noel wisdom
Simple. Never get bored with the basics. Have a clear, concise, and compelling goal.

What does an excellent day look like?

If someone said to you, “Never get bored with the basics.”, it’s likely to go in one ear and out the other. Why? Daily overwhelm.

First, to be clear, excellence resides closer to controversial and extreme.

  • Balancing (1)mind, (2)body, (3)spirit, (4)work, (5)home
  • Giving substantial energy to all 5 categories
  • Brimming with enthusiasm
  • Constant gratitude
  • Mindful
  • Present

Second, and also to be clear, you have to be controversially and extremely motivated to believe that balance is not a myth and personal vibrancy in all 5 categories is the gateway to balance.

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Tell me again why

Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, and Santa stamps purchased yesterday. Why? To remind me of my white, Christian privilege, and how insensitive this privilege is.

Tell me again why.

Why do you continue to do the things you do?

Do all your actions emotionally serve you?

Emotional/spiritual vibrancy doesn’t fall from the sky.

You get there by over-focusing on the same things you used to under-focus on or ignore.

A priceless gift worth cherishing.

Rock on.

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