Never let your memories be bigger than your dreams.
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Tag: Purpose
Wow, what am i doing here?
Wow, what am i doing here?
In 30 days, year nine concludes and year 10 begins.
Who takes a dreaded cultural phenomenon – Midlife Crisis – and turns it into joy, discovery, opportunity, and purpose?
Mid Life Celebration was a crazy idea i had while teaching the four-day Disney’s Approach to People Management somewhere near the turn of the century.
Bob Spina and i were co-facilitating how the language (specific, carefully chosen words) organizations use determines behavioral outcomes.
Note, the lack of intentionally choosing specific words also determines behavioral outcomes – and the outcomes are not crafted, they are by default, random and unintentional, possibly even detrimental.
Also in this discussion were symbols, values, heritage and traditions, as well as traits and behaviors.
And in the moment, as i was searching for a new way to say the same thing, i told the audience, “Do you have a problem or an opportunity, a problem or a challenge, a midlife crisis or a midlife celebration.”
From a tiny acorn, a mighty Oak does grow.
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Are you dying to live?
i realize now how important it is to be at peace with our own mortality.
Who else can a dying person turn to if not to their self?
Socrates surmised that human’s fear of death is because humans are selfish.
Hmmm.
Maybe.
Probably.
It’s a deep thought.
Buddha said clinging to life is as dangerous as any other form of ignorance—”To cling is to slowly and ungracefully die.”
i’m living with the wonderful acknowledgment of my death since 1999.
And in these two decades, each year builds on the year prior – so now my awareness and appreciation is at an advanced level.
It is our current level of awareness and appreciation – with appreciation being the key – that we use an ever-present mindfulness to:
- Enjoy every moment
- Shed anger, grief, fear, doubt, envy, worry
- Live in constant forgiveness, generosity, joy, compassion
- Keep life simple and purposeful
So yeah, life is good.
Even when i’m going through hell.
We all have the weight of the world on our shoulders.
It is our great privilege to live with burdens and to enjoy life anyway.
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The key to it all?
The key to it all?
Do you have a definitive answer?
i believe you should.
Our answers don’t have to match.
But we should both have convincing answers.
Mine?
Motivation.
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In reality, we don’t need to feel guilty
Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house, the writer was up at 5:00am, writing like she means it.
Being off social media for eight days while sailing on the Disney Fantasy was surprisingly easy.
So much drama.
Just because Facebook gives everyone (us) a microphone doesn’t mean we should use it.
A Facebook Page would make sense.
Then, people could Like your Page and follow your story.
The harsh reality is very few people care about what we have to say.
PS. This post was prompted because i read some Facebook updates a few minutes ago, now that we are back on land and have unlimited wifi.
Maybe i just need to mute some people’s updates. But it doesn’t feel right. Why be connected if you’re not gonna listen?
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