Aren’t we the most fully alive when we abide by this thought?

Two vultures on Florida home chimney
The twin vultures of fear and insecurity

 

Two vultures on Florida home chimney
Fly away insecurity and never return

 

Florida vulture taking flight from rooftop
You too fear, go. You’re banished!

 

Aren’t we the most fully alive when we abide by this thought?

Become so wrapped up in something that you forget to be afraid. – Lady Bird Johnson

Imagine if we could light our fire – with desire versus desperation.

And attack our fears.

And to be so wrapped up in a good and noble desire that fear held no power?

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What should we call these moments when they happen to us?

Yellow Lab on Florida backroad
Am I supposed to be paying attention to sumpin’ that applies to me?

 

What should we call these moments when they happen to us?

Those little moments when we do something that sort of embarrasses us, and we are so tempted to stop…

But we don’t.

And when we’re done, we are suddenly gifted with the fact that we may have inspired someone, in that moment of not stopping.

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This fear could be bigger than the fear of public speaking

av equipement
a microphone only magnifies the mistakes, or successes

 

fear of speaking
everyone expects the speaker to be smart and funny… all eyes critiquing every word and move

 

This fear could be bigger than the fear of public speaking. The fear of thinking for ourselves. Why?

Because every mistake we make falls directly on us. If we follow other people’s thinking, if mistakes are made, we can dodge any personal blame.

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

Everything we want is on the far side of

overcoming fear in midlife
overcoming fear in midlife
overcoming fear in midlife
overcoming fear in midlife

Everything we want is on the far side of…

…fear… As we reach our 40’s and 50’s we should be transitioning from doubt about life to certainty. We are certainly going to die. Death’s reality can no longer be ignored. Neither should our desire to be true to ourselves. Go! Take small steps to get past your fear. Go already!

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The amazing paradox of effort in tackling our biggest demon

photo of MacBook and WordPress admin panel
writing provides a comprehensive enlightenment that no other activity can touch

First of all, Happy Saturday. New Year’s Eve is two days away, the world’s biggest party night. It transcends nationality, religious, age, and ethnic differences.

This leads us to thinking seriously, or ignoring completely, New Year’s resolutions. The amazing paradox of effort in tackling our biggest demons is that effort and reward are almost always directly proportional.

Work life balance involves our holistic commitment to five simple themes and it’s surprising how few of us have the guts and determination to focus on this correlation by clicking through to the Next Blog (our “physical health” blog)