Mid Life day off?
Taking the morning off. May write later. May not. Carpe diem, and have a glorious Mid-Life Sunday.
Our son’s first Holy Communion was humbling and spectacular. Peace and blessings, jeff 🙂
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First Holy Communion
Our eight-year old son will receive his first Holy Communion today.
Wow!
Who would have ever thought I’d be a father?
My life centered around me for about 40 years, although I never admitted it.
The past decade, thanks to this Mid Life Celebration, it’s been a journey of Rethinking, Reprioritizing, and Recommiting.
The hardest part was simplist part. Rethink. Reprioritize. Recommit.
It takes effort, but like any good investment, it grows exponentially over time. They call it the magic of compound interest. It works as well with your time, as it does with your money.
Carpe diem, and spend wisely. jeff noel 🙂
Mid-Life Perfection?
Mid Life perfection? Not a chance. Not in my world anyway.
Yesterday, my eight-year old son and I were sitting outside a small cafe, enjoying the early evening breeze and enjoying our chicken fajitas.
From around the corner, cigerette smoke would fill our space and then our lungs. I used to smoke cigerettes. Let’s just say the smoke was “distracting”.
To be fair, it wasn’t so bad that it made us cough. However, it still was happening in a place where it shouldn’t have been.
When it got particularly frustrating, I noticed that the smoker had tossed the “butt” on the ground. Instead of the smoke source being around the corner, it was now directly in front of me.
I got up. Walked over, and before I used my foot to stamp it out, I looked at the guy and said, “I’m gonna help you out”.
Returning to my seat, I reflected on what had just happened and rendered myself “guilty as charged”.
In the same way the smoker was not perfect, my attitude (disgusted and angry) in the way I spoke to him wasn’t perfect either.
What happened next?
Well, I went and appologized. “I’m sorry if I made you feel bad or guilty. Please forgive me for that. I’m not perfect either”.
He accepted the appology and I think we both felt better and we both learned a nice little lesson – compassion.
I hope your day is filled with little moments where you get the mid-life opportunity to catch glimpes of your own shortcomings, and use that insight to be a little kinder, a little wiser, with your fellow humans.
Carpe diem, jeff noel 🙂
Mid-Life Celebration opinion?
Mid-Life Celebration opinion?
Who wants it? Who needs it? Who has it?
I just finished reading this short, but thought-provoking quote:
“The more opinions you have, the less you see“. — Wim Wenders, German Film Director
Now, I’m starting to worry about “blind spots”.
Make it a great day, because if you don’t, who will? That just my personal opinion. Carpe diem, jeff 🙂
Happy Earth Day!
If there was ever something to be thankful for at mid-life, Mother Earth has to be at the top of any list. Seriously.
I’m thankful for EARTH!
In general, humans take Earth for granted. I hope to take my young son to see the new Disney’s Earth movie at the local theater before the weekend’s up. It looks spectacular.
Did you get any exercise yesterday? Read or learn? Pray? Save or grow your money?
Life is hard. I’m grateful for a thankful heart. What good are our gifts if we don’t use them and try to help others? And, maybe, if all we do is try to set a good example – maybe that’s enough to help others. Let’s hope so. Carpe diem, jeff 🙂