Tag: Vision

The difference between these two makes all the difference

Target slogan
False advertising? More like: Expect more, pay more. The long way is the short cut.

 

We can go our whole life never drawing a real line, only an imaginary one that moves at our whims and desires.

Morality, like art, means drawing a line someplace. – Oscar Wilde

We either build our attitude on rock or we build it on sand.

We know this.

But do we act on it?

It’s the difference between merely surviving and totally thriving.

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An email note to my brothers from college about mantle diving and death

Ripple effect
A question that deserves a legitimate answer and one most of us have none for.

 

In exchange for this long post the other four will be one sentence each….
Brothers, your kind, humorous emails brought laughter, smiles. We are blessed beyond measure to have formed an unbreakable bond at such a young and influential age.
Junior year, Fall 1979 when J. Bauknecht, Guenther, Ageny and I lived on High St (right?) (and where mantle diving began for Sig Ep?). Saw a movie of a pregnant mom talking to one of those big bazooka type vhs camcorders as it sat on her kitchen table and she sat on a rocking chair a few feet away, talking to the camera to her unborn child about what was important in life.
She was going to die and her child would only know her mom from the videos. I promised then and there to write a book to my children. God provided only one. A miracle.
Woke up 30 years later to realize, with an 8-year old, the first sentence hadn’t been written.
Then another miracle happened. The book is not only for Chapin (13), but for the world. It will challenge everything the reader (maybe some of you) believes in.
Peace and blessings dear brothers. Thank goodness Rob Fischer paid my dues that Spring, or you guys would have kicked me out. Crazy. Wonderful.

 
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When will our teacher arrive, the one that changes our actions?

Abraham Lincoln quote on life's purpose
The purpose of life is to live with purpose

 

The underling goal from posting five daily, differently-themed blogs, comprised of (mostly) short and pithy messages, is this:

Can I get under your skin just enough and into your heart enough to compel you to ask yourself tough questions why you’re not living like you mean it as much as you’d like to.

When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.

To tackle today in a balanced way, I love jumping from mind (this blog) to body (this blog).

 

Midlife peace that surpasses modern understanding

positive change
Never saw deep dish pecan pie. Never bootstrapped a business either.

 

If you want something you’ve never had, you’ve got to do things you’ve never done, doing them without fail, much longer than seems reasonable.

Midlife peace that surpasses understanding doesn’t come easily. Yet the work it takes to touch that space, well, that in and of itself brings peace.

This month jeff noel is challenging Mid Life Celebration readers to follow all five daily blogs about work life balance. To navigate instantly from this mental attitude blog to his physical health blog, click -> go to Next Blog