The opportunity for unbelievable days is limitless

Main Street USA early morning

 

(photo: Is 7:30am the right time, on a Tuesday?)

When is the time right for an unbelievable day?

The opportunity for unbelievable days is limitless. What if we began the day praying, reading, thinking, writing. What if we acted as if we had actually made time for this?

Sharpening the saw as the saying goes. Could an ordinary day be given new life?

Instead of simply driving directly to the hotel parking lot and making a bee line for the classroom we did this…

We rethink the start of the day.

We drive first to the city shuttle, park there instead of the hotel and ride the shuttle to the north end of town. Then we could walk beneath the city and come up on the south end, down by Main Street. Take a brief stroll down Main Street before traffic gets busy, then cut over to the local Hotel to get to the classroom where we’d be a student for a week learning from one of the world’s most admired companies.

Simple pleasures taken for granted.

Dreams?

No, not really.

This is a common privilege, rarely taken.

But not yesterday.

And so it goes, one day and then another.

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The anniversary of the most magnificent day in our life

 

How did we spend yesterday?

How often do we take inventory of the day before?

Yesterday, the 55th anniversary of that first breath… spent the day doing the normal things.

Simple things.

Routine things.

Joy-filled things.

Life-giving things.

Since (becoming a dad in) 2000 (age 41), just cannot fathom the idea of having to wait for a holiday, anniversary, milestone, etc to celebrate a single day.

Among other things, finished watching the two-hour Apple 2014 WWDC video.

The first three minutes are not available yet on You Tube, hence the 2013 version above.

Live like you mean it.

Today.

Or we could wait until tomorrow.

Your move.

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What’s the biggest milestone birthday you’ve had so far?

jeff noel at Iowa Children's Hospital
Kids love every single birthday they get (especially the childen fighting an adult-sized battle)

 

It’s what we all want isn’t it?

What’s the biggest milestone birthday you’ve had so far?

Was it earlier in life or more recent?

Wondering what our answer tells us.

Contemplating our answers to questions like these is the catalyst for learning to live in the moment.

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Is it time to make a fuss over our existence?

Inspiring storefront window sign
Deceptively simple, ridiculously elusive

 

Our birthdays remind us that it’s time to make a fuss over our existence.

We come to know the true meaning of our birth when we learn to celebrate it every day.

Happy birthday Chapin.

Life is not a dress rehearsal.

Live like you mean it.

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