“ Red in the morning, sailors, take warning…”
Author: jeff lud
Dad x3. Writer. Lion. @pacbio SCM. One Mission: Make it GOOD | Optimism | Resilience | Fam/Life/Biz | #halffullallgood #goodstuff
Word Power: Cut, Nick, or Slice
Recently in cut my right thumb will loading some boxes; didn’t stop bleeding without direct pressure for a long while. Describing the incident later To my kids, I noticed the difference in reaction I got depending on which word are used to describe the action that created the injury. Nick seems the most minimal… it …
Default GRATITUDE
Most days I wake up, I try to start the day of gratitude. That gratitude runs the spectrum, big things small things I just try to focus what I am grateful for, list them out. They can be serious things often times seem to be, big life things, But they are also every day, simpler, …
Sacred Momentos
So the church down the street was the one I grew up in. Sunday School, Teen Club, Altar Server, even Reader a few times. That church community abandoned, and the property was sold. I wanted to grab a couple items from the property before they demo’ed it. Got lucky; got ‘em. Had ‘em in the …
Second Half
Always more to do, piled up, then a pile or two besides, Obligations and commitments and asks and the unexpected, pile upon pile, The “No-Sayer” gets away from most of it, shrewd miser of time and attention, wisdom on display, Not so for this Pleaser-Helper-Doer of things, Game on? Too busy. I’ll have to catch …
No Bones
I try hard to make no bones, no grudges, at work, comes to mind, but really everywhere, No bones, be honest, politely direct but with minimum gripes too, keeping resentments to a minimum, We each have our row to hoe, we each have our skills, motivations, and place in time, Do what we can, when …
Sooth My Soul
For a long time I've listened to Classical Music, decades really. From 30 years back I can recall first finding Classical KDFC 149.9 FM in the SF Bay Area. As I drove around during the day as a courier, and then field sales guy, more often than not, I had that music playing softly, quietly …
A Quip From The Bard
“ All the world's a stage,and all the men and women merely players:they have their exits and their entrances;and one man in his time plays many parts ... —As You Like It, Act II, Scene 7, 139–142 “ …and one in his / her time plays many parts…INDEED…it is indeed thus, it cannot be otherwise.
Be True To You
From one of the greatest writers in the English Language, from some 500 years ago, Shakespeare, writing in “Hamlet”, “…to thine own self be true…” Many pundits over many centuries have pondered the meaning, many focusing on the theme of loyalty. I share this view, settling on a twin tract, one should be true to …
Slow Roll, Thinking
Slow roll thinking, this life I live, what’s gone down, what’s ahead, Most days it feels like things move so fast, too fast, for my liking, Difficult to predict, project, imagine, create for the future, Wondering, do I lack the confidence to prioritize the long-term, prioritize me? Wondering why after so many years, a clear …
1/2_Full, All GOOD 