It started last Wednesday… Kids to me for five days, Blessed but challenging too, Busy work per usual these days, Lions Vision Clinic meant four days of activity, lead up, days of, and post, Kids all along, a couple special kid-related activities on Monday too to cap it off…all the while work heating up again, …
Debrief: Lions Vision Clinic
So humbled, many people spending many hours to help others, So grateful, several different Lions Clubs were in the mix, So many lessons for the next one, So GOOD, the first Lions Vision Clinic in the Silicon Valley… #weserve #lionsclubs
I Stumbled Into It: Lionism
I stumbled into it nearly 20 years back. Wanted to do more for others. Found it: Lionism. A club here in the valley looking for new blood, found it, haven’t looked back since. Today (4/23), the essence of Lionism: serving others; even more the essence: a vision clinic. About 500 folks should come through the …
Shift
Shift, we do it most every day, Sometimes many times a day, One thing to another, Work, home, spouse, kids, friends, colleagues, Shift, from one thing to the next, it’s what we do, First Gear to Second to Third, Fourth, then back to Second, Laundry, Dishes, Kids’ Meals, Lions event signs, Lunch with old friends, …
Make it GOOD
The essence of this blog is increasing good in the world. However that may come about. Sometimes I have some catch of phrase or idea that comes to mind I want to share, sometimes I stumble upon something I think is worth sharing. Here’s a case of the latter: “"True good fortune is what you …
Number 6:: Honoring Bill Russell
Some of you may know; others may be like me, didn’t know. Until now. I DID know that (US) National Basketball Association legend Bill Russell died last year at the ripe old age of 88. A good life lived by any measure. Some of his statistics of the many… 13 year career with the Boston …
Sleep Is IMPORTANT As An Activity
I've always enjoyed sleeping. Now more than ever I'm intent on getting sufficient rest; Now more than ever I'm embracing what sleep does for me in the immediate -- coping, stress relief, recovery -- And what (I hope!) it does for me in the long term. Live to 100? Gonna try! Read article below for …
Why So Serious?
I ask myself the same question, pretty much every morning… Realizing that part of this blog, is my own draft of therapy, dialogue, sometimes anyway… And what I need to remember, and put out there as well, is the simple reminder, that when you get out of your own head, your own life, and think …
One Life: Live It
“One life, live it”, saw on the back of a Jeep southbound on Highway 5 the other day. What does that mean? It means take care of yourself, It means put your family and friends first, It means it’s only a job, It means take a nap if you need to, It means get up …
Shasta
Half a lifetime ago, lucky to have the chance to summit Mount Shasta, High volcanic peak in Northern California, 14,162 feet, A couple friends invited me, “…let’s have a go on the way to a week on-houseboat, on Lake Shasta, Fun to show my kids that mountain, tell that story, catch a quick vista, GOOD.
