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Say it with me, the clock is always ticking

From last night’s ABC Evening News…

07.02.201330 Steve Gleason, famous New Orleans Saints blocked Super Bowl punt and Father with ALS 07.02.201320

Say it with me, the clock is always ticking. So the Father in this photo montage was the New Orleans Saints’ player who blocked the punt that allowed them to when the Super Bowl.

Then he got ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease).

Then he set out to capture all the wisdom he wants his baby boy to know.

That’s because odds are high he won’t be around as his boy grows up.

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PS. In a few hours, Mike’s ~~funeral~~ Celebration of Life begins. And expecting later today to hear details on David Gates’ funeral – we grew up living across the street from each other. Mike 46, David, 51.

Today’s five posts are about going to hell and back. Twice.

Wall photo of surprised children — This shouldn’t surprise anyone in midlife

Most of us have been to hell’s fiery gates and back. Some more than once.

This awful experience can refine an already positive outlook.

Why?

How?

In the depths of our despair our attitude is burned, melted, and ultimately reshaped.

And then reborn.

Everything that once seemed important comes into question.

Everything we believed was important isn’t.

And what we took for granted, gold.

This ripples over into a brand new attitude about wellness.

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How one busy day turns into these three or more things

Freashly planted Florida homeowner landscape — Can’t wait to see this again in 100 days

One really busy day turns into another, and another, and another and before you know it, the opportunity to enjoy life’s simplest of pleasure – visiting with a neighbor, walking a pet, planting a vegetable garden – is gone.

And somehow, I stare at the 54 years of life that are now behind me, as of today.

Life is not a dress rehearsal. Of course.

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The simplest reason for becoming self aware is brutally honest

clever bumper sticker about being unique — But my situations’s different, right? Everybody’s is.

Here’s an example of what being too busy to have great self-awareness looks like.

The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us. ~ Voltaire.

As leaders, we are CEO of our life. We should not allow time for pity, only improvement.

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Which way should I go, Alice asked

Cinderella Castle with Christmas lights — How and where will we spend our next 10 years?

Which way should I go, Alice In Wonderland asked the Rabbit.

The Rabbit asked back, “Where are you going?”

Alice, “I don’t know”.

Rabbit, “Then it doesn’t matter”.

Much of my life I didn’t know, and this led to an astonishing number of wasted years. Fun, but selfishly wasted.

How long is reasonable to finally figure it out?

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This month jeff noel is challenging Mid Life Celebration readers to follow all five daily blogs about work life balance. To navigate instantly from this mental attitude blog to his physical health blog, click -> go to Next Blog