Hmm, cheer them on…! Just who exactly are we to cheer on…? Well just about anyone, I’d say. Friends, co-workers, our kids, our kids’ classmates, teammates, anyone who needs a boost… And after all, who doesn’t need a pick-me-up now and then? Who doesn’t benefit from some positive energy…? Exactly every one does, so lay …
Category: Attitude
Everything Its Place
My house is a sort of clutter fest on low simmer. There are paper piles in most every room. Not overly obtrusive, they sit quietly on sides, corners. Clothes are similar, if fewer in number. A small stack folded, or a rumpled pile on the floor after a quick change. Living with three kids adds …
First Thoughts
First thoughts as the day’s underway. Mind coming out of sleep mode, dreams clear, body out of sleep. Stretching, blood begins more active to flow. Since of the day and tasks ahead rush in, list quickly forming; immediate and long-term,; yawning, mote stretching legs, arms. It’s now that all the wonder of my particular self …
Easy
Freestyle, long list, oh boy, Freestyle, long list, oh boy, Pause, deep breath repeat, Deep breath repeat, Going through the motions in motion, Easy does it, ease into the day, Day ahead, sun’s coming up, ease into it, ease on down the road, We may not have control over it all, but we have total …
Adapt
Learn to adapt and you will thrive. At work, with supply chain issues and resource constraints, At home with kids growing up, not enough time, too much to do, As the Stoics say, often we can’t control what happens, but we can always control how we respond, Learn To Adapt, GOOD.
Pattern Recognition
Patterns tell the story, show the way, Doubt, guilt, uncertainty, all crashing together, predawn usually, piling up to a crescendo, forming a wall I climb over again and again, Thus the day begins, most everyday, A lifetime of climbing, up up, slip, up, slip slip, up up up… Not sure why, not sure what, but …
Sure
I’m pretty sure things could be better in American politics, I’m pretty sure things could better in America, I’m pretty sure I could have a better attitude, about the future, about tomorrow, I’m pretty sure we could find middle ground to progress if we stopped criticizing and chastising, not crucifying those with a different view, …
Bliss
Looking back, this is the third time I’ve written about this idea, third blog post about Bliss, This must be the magic…maybe so if the other two posts weren’t … tho’ I think they were pretty good too, So here’s another simple take on bliss, this time around, how to define Bliss? It manifests when …
Collab
My shorthand for the word “collaboration”; it means a mix of cooperation and sharing ideas along the way, often in a creative manner, working together toward a common goal, Collab, I use this word often in emails with colleagues in my group, other groups too, appreciate the Collab, It’s better when we work together, create …
A Day, Life Contemplated
For better or worse, this is me, a contemplated life, Natural sense of what’s normal practice, most of my day spent in this way, my way, Mind mulling, running dialogue in the back-ground, considering it all, work, kids, relationships otherwise, Decisions made, actions waiting, What was, is, could be, What are the possibilities, probabilities, execution …