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Five daily blogs about life's 5 big choices on five interconnected sites.
Want to help make the world a better place? Be the person that offers something good to the world.
And if we want to help change the world, we must be willing to do something we would die for.
Nothing else will compel us to do whatever it takes.
Because it’s simply too easy to quit when it gets tough.
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(photo: Behind us or ahead, the right ‘tools’ help us find perspective))
There is no greater horror to a middle-aged woman than swimsuit shopping. My own collection of swimsuits having seen much better days, I mustered the courage to venture out to see what was left on the sale racks.
My arm was loaded with at least a dozen choices as I headed to the too-small dreaded dressing room and it’s panic inducing florescent lights. If even one of the suits sorta kinda fit, it would be a miraculous day.
I remembered the 70s – my favorite decade – when a swimsuit consisted of a few scraps of fabric and a couple of strings. Now, struggling to yank these behemoths into position caused my wrist tendonitis to flare up. And then I heard it. First the whimpering sounds and then the cries for help from the adjoining dressing room. At first I thought I was imagining things, but then I heard it again.
“honey?….. HONey?…… DAN!!!!!…..” The cries became louder and more desperate. Then “Dan” answered. “What do you want?”
“Can you come in here please? I need your help!”
“You want me to come in to the ladies dressing room!?” There was panic in his voice.
“DAN! I’m stuck in this swimsuit! I need you to help me get out of it!”
I slammed my hand over my mouth so hard I cut my lip on my tooth.
As luck would have it, while heading out to the register I ran into “Dan” and his wife. She was a very lovely lady, about the same age and size as me. We locked eyes and immediately felt a sisterhood.
“Who the HELL sizes these things?” she asked.
“I know. I had to go up a size on a few of them, too.”
“Yeah. But at least you didn’t get stuck.”
Good thing. Gary was home mowing the lawn and I would have felt kinda funny asking “Dan” for help.
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Who would want to spend their whole life asking, what if we had given everything, instead of going through the motions?
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Fear is a bloody liar.
Dear son, last night’s dinner conversation in Halifax, Nova Scotia revealed that your father’s fear is most likely microscopic at this point in his life.
When we do the things we are afraid to do, it releases us from any obligation to feel bad or afraid.
In fact it’s quite the opposite.
Authenticity is the new currency in your dad’s life. Has been since January 1, 2009.
Insight: Fear is nothing. Authenticity is strength. And peace.
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Live fully now: Tragedy and Hope’s Alan Watt’s video message:
Isn’t it a delightful surprise when someone puts together a beautifully simple and elegant piece of art designed around that which we think of constantly, yet struggle to articulate?
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