If you know anything about me, you know that gratitude is one of my underlying mantras, perhaps no greater thing I am thankful for… Except maybe my children… Am I thankful these past 54 years for my bro, my brother, He and I are quite different in some respects, but at the core, there’s an …
Author: jeff lud
Dad x3: 14, 12, 11. Writer. Lion. @pacbio SCM. One Mission: Make it GOOD | Optimism | Resilience | Fam/Life/Biz | #halffullallgood #goodstuff
Rituals
Humans are funny. Why do we make up rituals? It must be for millennia we’ve be making these things up. Silly humans. That said, I love rituals. Here’s a silly one. Lately I’ve been playing the puzzle, Wordle, on the New York Times Games app in my smartphone. A friend invited me to join a …
Peeps Helping Peeps
From Eddy & Laguna I walked, I was in a corner store in San Francisco looking for a phone power adapter, no luck, Then a stranger heard me talking to the clerk, he politely chimed in, guiding me to another convenience store, sent me on a short walk to… Turk & Fillmore, and so I …
Keep Learning
Simple idea, worth the effort, just keep learning. just what does that mean? Here’s a simple example, When you’re reading something and don’t know what a word means, look it up. These two words came up for me while reading an article recently; I had heard / seen them in the past but didn’t really …
Befuddled
Last week I found myself befuddled, Work tale, that thing I seem to avoid prioritizing, Family tale, that relative I just can’t seem to come to easy peace with, Left me chuckling at the absurdity, These simple things - or maybe not so simple - nay, regardless, I should be able to resolve to satisfactory …
Political Bit: Who Got Duped
Seventy-four million Americans voted for Donald Trump in 2024. Some of those folks were, are, true believers in his rhetoric, his policies, his attitude; some of that group chose Trump over Harris as a lesser of two unpopular candidates, likely also voting for less government, more perceived focus on America, the economy, etc. That second …
My Soul Cave
My own sort of self examination happens here, not quite as Ignatius laid it out thus, The Examen, twice-daily pause and consideration of God in your life, as he laid out, “One might review the ways God has been present through one to others, And to oneself through others, And how one has responded, And …
Two Things
At the core, when all is said and done, I come back again and again to, Hopeful. I suspect that comes from faith, belief, The Devine; it’s certainly beyond my own doing. I can say for sure that I am grateful for that result, that outcome, resting place, repeated, that’s the other constant, Gratitude, Those …
Pile
It’s the pile I’m afraid of, sorta, The pile I need to face, definitely, Each day just a bit, a nibble, Pile down bit by bit, piece by piece, Bit more day by day, inch by inch, Bit more, But more, GOOD.
Should I Write
Way back when it became a thing for me, hidden away for the longest time, I wasn’t a diary keeper, tho’ maybe I should have been, would have found the therapy all the earlier maybe, Should I write? Why would I? It’s good for what? A path and an outlet and therapeutic effect for sure, …
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