None At Midlife

It's Our Responsibility To Teach Well
It's Our Responsibility To Teach Well

There is no peace without forgiveness.  No happiness without peace.

Watching the Winter Olympics this past weekend with our son (9), there was a special segment about 9/11, and the role that Gander (Canada) played in clearing American airspace.

It hit me very hard that our son had no clue what 9/11 was.

Shame on me.

Of course a mini history lesson began.  You know what his first reaction was to the loss of 3,000 innocent lives and mass destruction?

Revenge.  Typical human, emotional behavior. You and I have to exercise self-control, even in the worst of conditions.

Otherwise, there is none at midlife.

Michael Jordan’s Advice Hard Work

Winter Suomi Steps
Winter Suomi Steps

“Step by step.  I can’t think of any other way of accomplishing anything.” — Michael Jordan

This month’s “theme” is Self-Control.

Self-control is simply two things: Focus and Discipline.

We must never get bored, focusing on the basic, common sense things.

We must never tire of the discipline it takes to stay focused.

Focus and Discipline are the two hardest things in the world for humans to do.

Ignorance In Action

“Nothing is more terrible than ignorance in action”.Goethe

What does this mean exactly?  Perhaps it is as simple as this:

“The unexamined life is not worth living”.   — Socrates

We get one passage here on Earth.  Let’s make it a good one.