Midlife peace that surpasses modern understanding

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Never saw deep dish pecan pie. Never bootstrapped a business either.

 

If you want something you’ve never had, you’ve got to do things you’ve never done, doing them without fail, much longer than seems reasonable.

Midlife peace that surpasses understanding doesn’t come easily. Yet the work it takes to touch that space, well, that in and of itself brings peace.

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

 

Countdown to the beginning of The Internet’s Only Five-A-Day Blogger

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wanted to leave a trail in case something bad ever happened to me

 

In 31 days, the anniversary of the day it all began… a dad’s crazy, ambitious, and probably doomed-to-fail promise to write in all five blogs for 100 straight days.

Which made beginning on April Fool’s day the perfect day to start an impossible goal.

Way back in my subconscious, the 11 dreaded ways to be unremarkably average haunted me…

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

 

Blogging as the sun comes up over the palm trees

knowing and doing are different strengths

One week before Christmas. Dawn. Second floor office looking East. Writing the first of five daily blogs as the sun races its way here. Wondering what to write. Short. Pithy.

Insight: Every day is a brand new opportunity. Knowing this, and doing something with that knowledge? Two distinct concepts. The difference between personal peace and nagging unrest.

Photo: New York City subway 2012 (palm trees and sunshine, and a daily awareness and gratitude, are distant here)

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Nourishing and replenishing our mental ability

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The food we eat determines our health. Time in prayer and service to others strengthens our spirit. Practice and study makes us better workers. Cleaning and organizing makes our home life better.

Refresh our mind with daily, positive affirmations. Read and watch positive influences. Associate with positive people. Control the controllables.

Insight: Garbage in, garbage out.

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Each day begins like the one before

With the exception of the guy on the left, these fellows are some of the fastest sprinters in the world, aged 60 and over..

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Each day begins like the one before. Midlife Baby Boomer, jeff noel (that’s me), has a morning routine. Most Boomers do. This is a blessing and a curse. An advantage, and a disadvantage.

Most middle-aged adults don’t have this (attitude or awareness) on their radar. Slogging through life. I’ll be damned if that disease will infect my family.

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PS. Bill Collins, far right, IS the fastest man in the world over 60.