Guest blogger Lorie Sheffer: Courage 2

Quebec, Canada (photo: Lorie Sheffer)
Quebec, Canada (photo: Lorie Sheffer)

Over the course of the past three weeks, I spent a few hours in the Cancer Center of my home city. Thankfully, I was not there to accompany a family member or friend for the reason the name implies. Other services are provided for less serious illness, and that was the reason for our visit. Sitting in the infusion room I couldn’t help but think back to a few years ago, when my brother sat in that very room, a needle in the port in his chest, receiving chemotherapy. He went to each appointment himself, refusing the offers for company and support. Seeing that room for myself made me even more aware of the courage it took for him and for every person who sits in those recliners. I can only hope that soon, like my brother, they are able to get up, walk out of that room, and never have to look back.

“Before I knew you, I thought brave was not being afraid. You’ve taught me that bravery is being terrified and doing it anyway.” – Laurell K Hamilton; Blood Noir

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The most invigorating tactic to make progress

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stop preparing and start doing… see what happens… you will start to blossom

The most invigorating tactic to make progress. Stop. Preparing.

Stop preparing to live.
Stop preparing to get organized.
Stop preparing to be courageous.
Stop preparing to take risks you have always wanted to.

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Typical morning for nonconformists like Steve Jobs (or jeff noel)

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nonconformists inspire the world

Typical morning for nonconformists like Steve Jobs (or jeff noel) consists of thinking differently. And not just at work, but from the very moment they awaken.

Sure there are some morning rituals (and even those arise from thinking differently). But then the thinking day starts, say 15 minutes after going to the bathroom.

It’s amazing how far we can travel when we refuse to quit…

We’re in such a unique position. No one else should be able to do what we can do. – Steve Jobs

Insight: Have something so motivating, that quitting would be more painful, than the pain of the journey.

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The DNA of midlife crisis

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midlife celebration is steeped in love – of others and of self

The history, the beginning, is the DNA of any company, country, movement, idea. Midlife crisis became a phrase in the 1960’s.

Midlife celebration didn’t become an official (and legitimate) Internet idea until Orlando resident, jeff noel, formed Mid Life Celebration, LLC in 2009.

At it’s core, midlife celebration is life’s greatest wakeup call. And our opportunity to:

ReThink – RePrioritize – ReCommit

Time to leave society’s herd? The movement toward personal peace and contentment won’t be found within the herd. You and I can only find it using Mid Life Celebration’s foundation that life has five big choices.

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