Category: Goodness

Moral excellence, virtue

It’s A Zoo In Here

Hungry Mr. Ray?
Hungry Mr. Ray?

Today’s posts will be delayed. I’m fulfilling one of my bucket list items.

#4. Chaperon an overnight Elementary school (4th grade) field trip.

We slept next to the Manatee exhibit windows last night at Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo.

Writing this from our breakfast break at 730am.

Pictures and stories (about midlife) are almost certain to follow.

Carpe diem.

PS. I’m back 12 hours later. We fed string rays at 6:30AM, Meerkats at 7:00AM, and then breakfast (above). A long and happy day followed. I’m heading over to Lane 8 to write that post now.

The Truth Will Literally

Will We Recognize Truth When We See It?
Will We Recognize Truth When We See It?

The truth hurts. The truth will set you free.

At midlife, we have an opportunity to: Rethink, Reprioritize, and Recommit.

Our challenge? We’ve ingrained our poor habits so deeply that it’s impossible to change.

Yet.

Yet there is an opportunity to overcome this. But you REALLY have to want it.

This is the part that gets tricky.

(2nd of my 5 daily blogs, click here)

Can We Change?

Never Ate Asparagus As A Child
Never Ate Asparagus As A Child

Are we predestined, and without a choice, to be the person we grow up to be, or do we have the power to transform to something different?

If you grew up not liking vegetables, can you become a healthy vegetable eater?

If you were the shyest kid in your class, could you become a world-class professional keynote speaker?

Next blog

The Other Cool Thing

Being Nice To Others Has Many Forms
Being Nice To Others Has Many Forms

All that stuff I mentioned two days ago at jungle jeff has it’s roots in this idea:

No one can help another without helping themselves.

Many of you are practicing this as evidenced in your blog comments and emails. Together, we can pay it forward, pay it back, plant seeds of hope, offer encouragement, and stay positive in a challenging world.

So while the “numbers” grow, and that’s nice and all, what is really happening is the ripple effect. Thank you for being the engine that makes it possible.

It Finally Dawned On Me

College Life: Sofa, Beer & A Porch
College Life: Sofa, Beer & A Porch

The reason people who are successful have time to work hard is because they have traded their time trying to catch a buzz, for time trying to catch their dream.

There are enormous hours and energy wasted on having a good time.

But when the only one benefiting from your buzz is you, you are really being selfish.

Plain and simple.

When you decide to free up your time to create a buzz to help others, you’re whole life changes from meaningless to meaningful.