Just hit pause

black eyed susans
Home grown goodness. Perfection, without even trying. Unstoppable perfection. The grand design.
contemplative child in car seat
Jack the Bear was a good friend beginning in 2004.

Just hit pause.

Chronically being in a hurry is poison to our:

  • mind
  • body
  • spirit
  • work
  • home

Peace is happiness at rest. Happiness is peace in motion.

Naval Ravikant

When our mind can pause, we can think refreshingly simple yet lofty thoughts.

As simple and lofty as taking an unpaid sabbatical.

Yes, it is a serious consideration.

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What’s missing from life

Five year old boy on beach
Are you smarter than a five-year old? Photo: Our son on Sanibel Island, 2005.

What’s missing from life?

Personally, at 60, this is the list of what was missing for 50 years. Now, this is a list of must-have’s i use to daily create peace and contentment:

  • Present
  • Mindful
  • Motivated

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

What does this mean?

It means most of what we do is driven by a sense of obligation – and/or the avoidance of shame – rather than deeply embedded, constant, intentional thoughts of gratitude.

Gratitude at any time, anywhere.

Every day.

All day.

Don’t send flowers on Valentine’s Day. In fact, that’s the last day i want you to send anything.

The assumption is you easily understand this riff and totally get it.

While it was weird not celebrating Easter two days ago in Church, the other 364 days of Easter celebration (yes, celebrate everyday, just like your birthday) easily compensated for the non-traditional “observation”.

We come to know the true meaning of Easter when we learn to celebrate it everyday.

Don’t go to Church on Easter. Everyone expects that. Make Church every step you take.

Never send stuff on Valentine’s Day.

Deliver hand-picked roadside flowers in an old glass container. Share i-love-you cards or notes any time and especially during ordinary time – because Valentine’s Day (a day of Love) is every day.

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Initiate thinking

Disney Institute speaker jeff noel
October 2014, the final month with Disney. A lifetime Disney career, surrounded by multitudes of people.

The monotony of the Covid-19 global self-quarantine opportunity is a first in the history of humankind.

It’s a gift.

It’s a panic-inducing event of epic proportions for the unprepared.

Most people are woefully unprepared.

For the prepared – and they deserve no shame nor guilt – it is the chance of a lifetime.

When we change what we see, what we see changes.

I lived in solitude in the country and noticed how the monotony of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind.

Albert Einstein, 1933

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Happy Easter

sign saying do something everyday that scares you
Photo: from October 2014 (i retired Oct. 31), on a Disney Institute business trip to Detroit. Photo origin unknown, probably in an airport.

Happy Easter.

We have come to know the true meaning of Easter when we learn to celebrate it everyday.

Same with doing something everyday that is scary.

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Do you know what you’re chasing?

Glacier National Park mountains
High mountain trail (Siyeh Pass) in Glacier National Park.

Do you know what you’re chasing?

Versus…

Know what you are chasing!

The difference is subtle in the wording.

The difference in attitude and conviction is transformational.

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