Everyone already knows this and it doesn’t excite us

Florida Mockingbird on rooftop
Neighborhood meeting concluded and having another meeting to attend to. – pause and do the impossible…

 

Florida Mockingbird on rooftop
Ever talk to a Mockingbird? Not if we’re too busy, too distracted, too medicated.

 

Who is in love with exploring what’s impossible?

Everyone already knows what’s possible.

It’s the stuff that lies past what’s possible that the explorer in us yearns to get a glimpse of.

For instance, is it (im)possible to enjoy the simplest of pleasures – like the daily sunrise and sunset – in our busy, distracted, medicated, and entertained world?

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Three quotes worth internalizing

Inside a large Catholic Church
So many troubled minds in the world

 

So many troubled minds in the world, including ourselves.

Here is how I heal: I see what’s less than optimal in other people, and I find that behavior in myself and work to correct it. Then other people are healed by being around my healing energy. The circle of life. – Heather Hans

A harsh reality?

We must live as we think, otherwise we shall end up by thinking as we have lived. – Paul Bourget

We are in charge of our life.

Live like you mean it. Life is not a dress rehearsal. – jn

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What if we quit but stay?

Disneyland high attendance during Spring Break 2014
So many people, so many challenges

 

Each day is an opportunity to make mundane midlife daily living a glorious privilege.

Except if we die at 30 and aren’t buried until we’re 80.

The pressures, the news, the challenges.

These things never go away.

Figure it out.

Get good at it.

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No one has to do this, but imagine the consequences of either choice

Love spelled with jungle letters
Love and hate are choices we get to make. Seems obvious. This is not a casual decision.

 

The ripple effects of our positive actions have no known end.

Rejoice in knowing that good cannot be stopped.

And positive thoughts always trump negative thoughts.

Knowing this is not enough.

We must create ripples, not wish for them.

Well, no one has to do this, but imagine the consequences of either choice.

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