Category: This Is Just For Me

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Car odometer
This car is 35 years old. It may take a decade or more to reach 200,000 miles.

The mechanic i’ve trusted for two decades retired.

He was a 40-minute drive away. But the drive was always worth it. Why? i trusted him. Randy is the only mechanic (and he eventually opened his own shop) i’ve ever trusted. Ever.

Two old Toyotas, rarely driven, don’t need much work.

Boy, it would be sweet to have another trusted mechanic one mile from home.

Note: i do not expect it to happen. But i am willing to do my best to adapt to the hand i’ve been dealt.

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Can you see cosmic dust?

chalk art on sidewalk
Extraordinary details in this photograph. The chalk dust is stunning. The art is on our driveway. The artist is six years old. She lives down the street. Photo from two days ago.

The human mind is a miracle.

Any living thing is a miracle.

Thinking is a miracle.

Having a world to think about is a miracle.

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Pretend to be normal, mind

i could pretend to be normal.

But what does normal mean?

Normal to me, by my definition of normal, is boring. Normal is what most do. Acceptable. Herd mentality. No harm, no foul.

What does pretend mean?

Pretend to me is social media: Facebook, IG, even YouTube. Pretend is dreaming but playing life safe.

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The need to grow, mind

Flight map from USA to Australia
Growth mindset implores you to prioritize your priorities. Our priorities after safety? Service. Service to God, Family, self. Then finally, simplicity.

The need to grow is an important concept. It’s a simple concept too.

Stumbled upon a poster while a college Junior featuring a Bob Dylan quote. It’s timely for this post:

He who is not busy being born is busy dying.

Perhaps my biggest mental growth is honing my focus and discipline to be able to steer my thoughts to stay in the present moment.

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Haves and wants, mind

Sunrise over the Great Plains
We spent three weeks in this room and every morning we had a view like, or similar to, this.

In my opinion, get-to-do vs have-to-do is a concept easily understood.

Wanting more or wanting less is not as easily understood.

Wanting less transcends dogma and tradition.

There are few role models for wanting less, publicly.

Privately, having a family role model is almost a freak accident.

We are left then with what looks like twins. Haves and wants are mushed together like creativity and innovation. For the record and for this example, creativity and innovation always get mushed together.

Context: Anyone can generate creative ideas. Few can go from idea to successful, scalable application.

Back to haves and wants. We are societally conditioned to want more. Which feeds an insidious detachment from ever thinking about seriously wanting less.

i seriously want less.

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