Stop comparing (please)

Apple iPhone shipping box
Yesterday…opening an Apple shipment from China.

 

Stop comparing (please).

And stop trying to fit into the mold of what others tell you is the recipe for success.

i used to be a copy-cat wanna be.

Is that what i’m chasing?

What if i chased becoming a category of one?

Or is that only for other people?

 

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Is life really this simple?

High School Improv event poster
Yesterday. Life is about handling what comes our way (improv). It’s also about over-managing (intentionality) every detail.

 

Just another ordinary day today, right?

For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone. – Audrey Hepburn

My version of this is simple too:

Live like you mean it.

The common denominator in those two quotes is intentionality.

When we over manage the things we used to under manage or ignore, our life positively changes in ways we could not see before.

As simple (or difficult) as focusing on good versus focusing on faults.

 

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The reward for being a midlife warrior isn’t readily apparent

Great Dane lap dog
Try to tell the Great Dane he is not a lap dog. Try to tell ourselves we can be anything.

 

Second day back from the four-day Senior Assisted Living and Nursing Home visit. Wrapping up the afterglow, inspiration and insight with today’s five posts.

The reward for being a midlife warrior isn’t readily apparent. Bottomline reality is this:

Life is hard.

In nature, it’s called the food chain. Everyday, living things must accept their place in the chain and fight for their survival. Nature never takes a day off.

We can take solace in knowing our weariness from the daily grind is a gift. Or we can carry an unbearable burden if we see this as a curse.

Choose wisely.

Be fit. It’s the only way to thrive.

 

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Not too slow and not too fast

Apple Store Lehigh Valley Mall
Allentown, Pennsylvania Apple Store

 

Apple Chess app
Lehigh Valley Mall Apple Store – father/son chess match while we waited for Cheryl.

 

The secret of life is to take your time, but hurry up.

Don’t rush through life, but don’t live like you have forever.

Don’t let your blind ambition erase your intuition.

Intuition tells us life is riddled with regret, mostly because we never see it coming.

Wondering how many 80 and 90 year olds would have changed course in their 40’s, 50’s, or 60’s had they known then what they know now.

 

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Mid Life Celebration versus Disney

Pennsylvania fall foilage
Yesterday on the walk back from the ATT store.

 

The paradox of two loves.

Mid Life Celebration versus Disney.

For three full days (today is the fourth) we’ve been surrounded by 80 and 90 year olds.

Mid Life Celebration (MLC), while on the back burner since retirement due to unexpected Disney content demand, became even more important.

Aging well with a balanced approach to mental, physical, spiritual, work, and home has never been so clear.

The one year absence from MLC has exposed me to something with greater certainty…

The original vision to challenge 80 million Baby Boomers “to do something great” before they die is what the world needs.

 

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