Tag: Reality

The lesser goal may be comfort, or avoidance

good quote about goals and priorities
The lesser goal may be comfort, or avoidance

 

If we caught a glimpse of who we really are today and compare that with who we thought we’d be by now, how would that play out?

rethink • reprioritize • recommit

Those three come in handy when we get to our destination in life and realize we were misled.

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Five reasons why he can’t follow the general blogging rules

Who takes a picture of cigarette-covered ground at a busy Interstate exit intersection? And from such an angle? A freak.

looking from a different angle

Five reasons why he can’t follow the general blogging rules:

  1. Crowds frighten him
  2. Blending in doesn’t concern him
  3. Discovering new shores excites him
  4. Failing is his favorite antidote for regret
  5. He wants to allow others to taste reality blogging

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Unhappiness Is Our Fault

“Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations.” — Edward de Bono

There are many ways to start talking about this.  And initially, I was simply going to let the quote “speak for itself”, without any additional dialogue.

However, me being me, well, that obviously didn’t happen.

But compromise is in order and I will end this Mid Life Celebration blog post with a top-of-mind thought.

Once I started writing, consistently, back in March, a transformation began. As if something inside me was awakened and began to grow. And then suddenly realized, I hadn’t even begun to discover what was possible.

Talk about a joyful experience.  Undiscovered joy, newly found, was remarkably  humbling.  And humility brings incredible joy.

Oh, and by the way….

“Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations.”