Each day is a gift, whether we feel that way or not.
Some days we open the package.
Some days we don’t.
Which did we do today?
PS. Safe to assume you always read the photo captions?
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Each day is a gift, whether we feel that way or not
Tag: 2013
Dreams are essential to thriving in midlife
Dreams come true. Without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them.
– John Updike
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Shipping our art is similar to planting a tree
Shipping our art is similar to planting a tree. Some of us will put off planting a small pot with a small tree in it because we can’t decide where to place it.
If only we would decide. Years can go by, frozen by our fear of making a mistake.
In a few short years, we could have been enjoying the shade.
Does the fact that each earthly life is so incredibly brief add to or detract from its sublime magnificence?- Notes to the Universe
In worst case scenario, the tree can be removed*, and another replanted more appropriately.
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* and used for lumber, firewood, crafts, recycled, etc
Returning to reality is often stressful on our attitude
Returning to reality is often stressful on our attitude. The very thing we work to rid ourselves of – stress – is the first thing that clouds our attitude when we return to work.
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Three steps to midlife peace and contentment
Three steps to midlife peace and contentment:
- work harder than ever to re-think things (could take years)
- put simple processes in place to recalibrate our shifting priorities
- begin to live more fully aware of each day, and the many mundane moments in it
We do more at first, so we can do less eventually, so we can have more.
Check?
Doing less. Having more.
Never thought it was possible.
A work in progress by the way.
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