Promises made equal promises broken

Midlife Celebration
A serious wakeup call may be the only hope we have of changing.

 

Imagine taking 30 years to fulfill a promise to ourselves (and our family).

That’s how long it took me.

The guilt would come and go until it literally it disappeared altogether.

Thank goodness for a serious midlife wakeup call.

Baby Boomers suffer from chronic self-bullying.

Lies.

Inspiring promises we made to ourselves but never kept. Never delivered on.

Imagine a rose bush full of wonderful buds, but for some reason, the buds never open. Ever.

The original promise was in 1979 as a college Junior. “i promise to write a book about the most important things in life, for my children”.

i never intended to become a prolific blogger. In fact, it was consistent failure (and not writing consistently) that led to a crazy, self-imposed writing challenge on April Fools Day 2009… write five differently-themed blogs (about balance) for 100 straight days.

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i refuse to live like this anymore

Amelia Erhart quote
Facebook screen shot yesterday.

 

Here we go, it’s another Monday morning and most of us barely, if at all, have ourselves centered before we rush out the door to begin another long day of rush, rush, rush.

What becomes the catalytic moment in our lives when our attitude tells us (to promise) to stop the rat race?

What is that moment that causes us to commit to changing everything?

And how long does this, “I refuse to live like this anymore” commitment last?

If it were as easy as Amelia Earhart says, we wouldn’t be thinking about this now.

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Why would Nike choose Pre?

Steve Prefontaine
Photo: From 2009, USATF HQ in Indianapolis, poster on a cubicle wall.

 

What would possess Nike to choose Steve Prefontaine as the only athlete (any sport) they’ve ever immortalized in a bronze statue?

Attitude.

Final answer.

It’s everything.

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