Finding good anywhere, everywhere, that’s part of my ethos, my main mission. Here from IG and Twitter, a few gems ~ This from the Daily Stoic on pleasure and pain ~ This from Paulina Porizkova on beauty, aging and being a friend ~ And this from The Father Effect. Nothing more important than showing up …
Author: jeff lud
Dad x3. Writer. Lion. @pacbio SCM. One Mission: Make it GOOD | Optimism | Resilience | Fam/Life/Biz | #halffullallgood #goodstuff
The Wisdom of the Water Tower, The Wisdom of Seth G…!
Love this guy's insights. Sometimes he goes deep with detail via longer posts, Sometimes he conveys simple, fantastic bits of wisdom in about a hundred words, like with this post, dig it, and thank you, Seth Godin ~ The wisdom of the water tower Look around the rooftops of many cities and you’ll see wooden …
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Godly Things
I was raised a Christian.Though I don’t go to church much these days, I do frequently - daily - turn to prayer for inner strength and solace. Some days are better than others. What I do I seek? Release from doubt and anxiety. Somehow striving toward hallowed practice provides a measure of grace. I can’t …
Habits & Patterns
Good habits make life easier and more predictable. Habits might lead to patterns. Patterns might provide insight, reflect personality. I like my blog entries to post at 1:13pm, 13:13 On the 24 Hour Clock. Silly habit I got into because I like the way it looks on the screen when I’m scheduling the post, 13:13. …
Missing Bourdain
Anthony Bourdain - chef, author, TV storyteller blending food and travel - I miss him. I loved his particular voice, observations, his progression in life and perspective on things. The demons took him, like they’ve taken so many; as I’ve written before, Cornell, Williams, Montrose, my paternal grandfather, my cousin, all cut down by a …
Lyrics Post: “I Can’t Make You Love Me”, Bonnie Raitt
This song, over and over in my head, in my ears this last weekend...seeping in, soaking me up, into every crevice, cathartic...I think...or wallowing...not sure...but it felt like, feels like...progress... "I Can't Make You Love Me" Turn down the lights;Turn down the bed.Turn down these voicesInside my head. Lay down with me;Tell me no lies.Just …
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Are We Done?
Well, as for me, I don’t think so. I don’t think we are done with COVID. Or actually better said, COVID isn’t done with us. More than a million people have died of COVID in the US alone… Variants still active and cases fluctuating up and down, So when I think it’s appropriate, I’m in …
Transition, Progress
The park, one of those places where reflection sometimes comes easier, Kids everywhere playing, cool easy breeze, sun sinking low, Transitions…always thinking about them, task to task, project to project at work, at home, with co-workers, with family, with kids, moving from on thing to the next, adapting, adjusting focus, Progression, always thinking about progressing, …
Pride v. Happiness
When I have moments of being proud of my kids, I consciously work to shift my mindset to happiness for them instead. I choose to think of their successes, their progress in life, not as reflections of me, but rather a reflection of their grow, their good fortune. Why do I choose this way of …
Old Poem, New Insight
I’ve known of this poem a long time, I’ve read it a few times, But now I realize, this might be me… Hmm…true for me anyway… “ The Road Not Taken BY ROBERT FROST Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveler, long I stoodAnd looked …
1/2_Full, All GOOD 