Hope – Page 8 – Disney Leadership Keynote Speaker

It is so easy to back down from living in the now and pushing forward

(photo: Labor Day weekend 2014… a bunch of 55-years olds gathered at a Buddy’s North Carolina Mountain cabin… contemplating life, work, grandkids, retirement, etc)

It is so easy to back down from living in the now and pushing forward with our big (or simply enjoyable) dreams.

When the tough decisions have to be made to continue forward in the direction of something uncharted, we are tempted to wait.

If the decisions were easy, we wouldn’t need, or want, more time to decide.

And waiting becomes a (bad) habit.

Today is yesterday’s tomorrow.

Should we retire this year, at 55, and go full on with our retirement plans, or should we wait until 60 or 65?

See what I mean?

What would you do?

Retire in 2014 (55), 2021 (62) or 2024 (65)?

The longer you postpone retirement, the bigger the pension.

The sooner you launch your dream, the longer you get to work on it.

None of us had a definitive answer.

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Who wouldn’t want a message to deliver this?

personal thank you note to author — It was life changing…

“Gentle, generous, direct, and compellingly hopeful.”

The night clerk (early 20’s) at the hotel in February read MLC. She left this note a few days ago.

More and more convinced at this relatively unknown book’s power to challenge any reader, any age. To revive anyone’s hope that they matter and they can matter for others.

It’s a book bathed in love. It’s gentle, generous, direct, and compellingly hopeful.

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Everyone already knows this and it doesn’t excite us

Florida Mockingbird on rooftop — Neighborhood meeting concluded and having another meeting to attend to. – pause and do the impossible…

Who is in love with exploring what’s impossible?

Everyone already knows what’s possible.

It’s the stuff that lies past what’s possible that the explorer in us yearns to get a glimpse of.

For instance, is it (im)possible to enjoy the simplest of pleasures – like the daily sunrise and sunset – in our busy, distracted, medicated, and entertained world?

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Every single day brings the opportunity for the freshness of perspective

Obituary — Stunned by the news. Al was only 53, with a wife and three child under 15.

Freshness of perspective?

What would it feel like to have three overwhelming events happen on the same day?:

neighbor says her 22-year old daughter thought Mid Life Celebration (your book) was ‘fantastic’!
email sharing that 53-year old father of your child’s classmates just passed away
a colleague bestows generosity and kindness beyond amazing

All unexpected.

All powerful.

All emotional.

All reminding us of life’s beauty and life’s harsh reality.

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