Disney Leadership Keynote Speaker
Five daily blogs about life's 5 big choices on five interconnected sites.
“What can be added to the happiness of a person who is in health, out of debt, and has a clear conscious?” — unknown
If ever there was a logical goal in life, perhaps this one should be near the top.
Simple.
Elusive.
Impossible?
Midlife heartbreak or midlife opportunity. Pretty simple. Two choices. You get to pick one.
If you and your spouse (and yes, want to acknowledge some readers will not be parents), worked hard all your life and played by the rules, and you gave birth to a child without eyes and never able to walk, which would you pick?
Mid Life heartache or mid life opportunity?
Well, there was a Family that had to make this choice. They were featured on ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition as well as numerous other media pieces, including a heartwarming You Tube Video feature, about 6 minutes long, available at the end of this post.
One of my “secrets” to unspeakable joy is the daily effort to read, listen, watch, experience, think, do and reflect on the countless blessings that surround my ordinary life.
You have all these blessings too. But in order to feel the Peace and Contentment that are the fruit of these blessings, you must become fully aware.
You must become willing to invest time everyday. Even if it’s only six minutes. Will today be another day to postpone your new beginning?
If it’s not, click here.
Do you often feel overwhelmed? Me too.
And if you don’t, you’re either brilliant or clueless – I’m guessing anyway.
Human tendency is to complicate things. More is better. Keeping up with what others have or do. Newer. Bigger.
Here’s how I alleviate, not eliminate, the stress of our daily burdens:
“God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.”
Simple. Wise. Powerful.
But there is a complexity we must break through in order to get to simplicity.
And it may take us a lifetime.
Notice the date in this picture? It’s today, January 16, 2009. So?
OK, good morning world. How do you start your day? Same way every time, or each day different?
Is it a chore? Are you anxious or worried about all that will be expected of you?
Is it exciting? An adventure in which you get to help others by what you do?
Each morning begins the same for me. On my knees, three prayers. Kiss my wife and son as they sleep. Turn on all the computers. Head downstairs to make some coffee.
While coffee is brewing, head back upstairs to check emails on two computers.
Google alerts come in every day around a few key words.
The point is this, in case you haven’t figured this out yet: An idea virus (credit to Seth Godin) is something good that spreads because of the Internet.
It spreads much faster, and much farther, than without the Internet.
You get this right? It’s common sense but not common…..
PS. Never asked them to post this on the company’s Facebook page. They did it anyway. Seems it was a good idea that spread.
Here’s the 463-word Vision/Mission Statement:
Wait. That’s not it. Sorry.
That 463-word vision/mission statement has been on our refrigerator for over a decade, and now I can’t find it.
In it’s place, this One-Take You Tube video I shot two days ago. It basically covers, more or less, the essence of those two words.
So many of you won’t click on the video, because you’re too busy, too afraid, or idiotic.
And remember, by idiotic, we define it as: Someone who acts in a self-defeating or significantly counterproductive way.