Is it sinful to squander a single day once we know?

Topographical map of Asheville, NC

 

Topographical map of Asheville, NC

 

Blue Ridge Mountains East of Asheville

 

(photo: Looking north from atop Shumont Mountain, North Carolina)

Our lives are never likely to become un-busy.

Humans have an uncanny ability to find a way to fill time. This includes tv, Facebook, reading, visiting others, etc.

If this is the case (and it is even if we deny it), it would make sense to embrace each and every day – every last one of them.

And not squander a single day believing that tomorrow we will be in a better position to count and appreciate our infinite blessings.

We know this.

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Suck the marrow out of life

Dragonfly on Disney Convention Hotel  hallway sign

 

(photo: 7:15am yesterday – arrived at classroom and found this lost traveler… unsuccessfully tried to release it to the outdoors… spent a few minutes in the effort… 12 hours later, heard about Robin… gather ye rosebuds while ye may)

Sucking the marrow out of life… Robin Williams committed suicide yesterday (August 11, 2014).

The CNN story is here.

Live like you mean it.

Life is not a dress rehearsal.

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As Boomers we’ve had copious opportunities to do things that stiffen our spine

Sanibel Island Beach umbrellas

 

(photo: The last full day on Sanibel Island, July 18, 2014)

As Boomers we’ve had copious opportunities to do things that stiffen our spine. You know, the types of things that we generally say, “Later. I’ll do it later.”

To go one step farther, these are the types of things we’d even describe as inspiring or life fulfilling.

Not like visiting Paris (because we’ve been telling ourselves for 40 years we’d go there some day) inspiring.

This is on a much smaller scale.

More like, “Yeah, this would take some serious effort and commitment, but why the heck not?”

The kind of thing that we sort of dream up as a crazy idea and a year later, we say, “It’s now or never.”

In the course of several hours today (this post is ‘late’ at 4pm), airfare, rental car, and lodging booked for a father and son return to ‘dad’s favorite place in the whole world’ and the son’s favorite spot from last summer’s grand vacation.

The math: just back from a week of traditional summer beach vacation and leaving in three days for the Crown of The Continent for a quick trip for lunch.

Boomer’s, let’s do more of this.

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Time is a midlife quality?

White Lab at sea wall
He wants to come over the fence because he thinks his owner is not coming back.

 

Time is the quality of nature that keeps events from happening all at once. Lately it doesn’t seem to be working. – unknown

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