Patience
Living Fully, Moving Forward, Patience, Trust
WHELMED
I’ve been whelmed the last few days. Not ‘overwhelmed’. Just whelmed. So fully preoccupied with responsibilities and deadlines that gears creaked to a halt and everything creative or clever just quit. Stopped. Unproductive as a government shut down. In the dictionary ‘whelm’ is described as a transitive verb 1: to turn (as a dish or vessel) upside down usually to cover something; cover or engulf completely with usually disastrous effect. 2: to overcome in thought or feeling Disastrous effect. That’s… Read More
Action, Hanging In There, Moving Forward, Patience
THE FROGS THEY ARE A LEAPING
There is a quote, attributed (as is often the case these days) to many people. The meta message is, at the start of each day swallow your big frogs first and then the rest of the day will hopefully be easy. Frogs in this case being your big issues, large tasks, most likely the things we would rather put off. Some days the tasks are small and manageable. They are normal for our world, our jobs, and our families. … Read More
Bravery, Courage, Hanging In There, Patience
“FIND A WAY”
How much do we want something? Next question – how easily do we give up? How much effort do we put into it before we say – Hey, I tried, once, maybe twice, but it didn’t happen.” Then we move on. Often times we are still holding on to the dream, but not having the courage and perseverance to see it to conclusion. Dina Nyad’s record and groundbreaking swim from Cuba to the Florida Keys this weekend is… Read More
TIME
“Time was a friend. Back when I was young. And summer was forever. Time. Good was your first name. Every day a lesson. With something new to learn.” I wrote those words when I was in my early thirties. They are lyrics from a song I wrote with Roger Nichols. My life had barely begun and yet I was warbling words of wizened wisdom… sorry…singing about the years as if most of them were behind me. Why? Age ignorance. … Read More
CALM IN THE MIDST OF CHAOS
We are all working on calming down; at least I’m assuming we are. I know I am. I’m trying to minimize those cortisol surging moments, many of which I bring on myself. It’s easy being calm in when all is smooth and serene, It’s easy being calm when the world isn’t yelling in your ear. But how about in the midst of the nerve wracking, hand ringing, sometimes almost rage inducing life scenarios? I’m not talking about the big stuff.… Read More