Each week ends, burned down, left with ashes. Each weekend burns down too, giving way to a fresh work week, school week. Another opportunity to make it good. Forged in fire, from the ashes, we rise again.
Category: Attitude
Lions Work: Saturday Service Project – Greenhouse & Garden, Cupertino
A couple hours is all it took. We were set to gather up some compost and complete delivery. Simple enough. A simple path to a little more GOOD. The destination? A greenhouse and garden beds in need of good soil. This Saturday morning work was a short chapter in a bigger, new project underway from …
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A Dad’s Life, Friday Night
Long week in the rear-view, some challenges, some big news, some fun, all in the wake. This morning’s random breakfast, left-over kid’s dinner plus a cheese stick. A Dad’s Breakfast. Fortified for the day. Twelve hours later, whirlwind workday done, lots of learning — always good — and glad the day, the week is done. …
The Face of a Good Attitude
This is the face of a good attitude. School day. Not thrilled. But she turned it around. A little sassy, but in a good and playful way. Inspired by what’s possible. And thankful.
When In Doubt? Shakespeare!
As a vegan to drift off this came to mind; from The Muse himself; some six hundred years ago written, two score years I heard it for the first time. “Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow,Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,To the last syllable of recorded time;And all our yesterdays have lighted foolsThe …
Lighter Side: A Sure Thing? HERDEZ
This stuff, DELICIOSO. Need something yummy to enhance chips, crackers, veggies? This stuff. Sure pick-me-up as you work through the day? This stuff. Now shamelessly eating it from a jar? Yes. Glad it comes in a three-pack from Costco? Yes. Recommended? YES.
Rise Above the Blah
Yesterday it was blah; aware of the inertia, the drag, fighting to steady, to focus, to go forward. Mulled down. Then our son had an allergic reaction to something he ate. His stomach was upset; he felt uneven, unsettled. He was anxious, uneasy. He was sick a couple of times, emptying things out. Through all …
Blah
Striving, I only feel blah. Thinking, the response is blah. Apathy, or uncertainty, maybe the anxiety brings it on, feeling blah. My mind responding to it all, dulled, broken down, to blah. Some solace in prayer, faith, just barely, barely ahead of blah. That might just end up being enough, just enough, ahead of blah. …
In Brief: Gratitude
I’m not one for brevity. I like to dig in, go long, go deep. The more the better, that’s my usual approach. But today’s a little different. Today I just want to say Thank You. Coming off an unexpected late night, I’m thankful for: Easy conversations, Another round of pool, The band, RUSH, Cool evenings, …
Do It Anyway
I’ve thought a lot lately about anxiety, worry, and fear. In fact, it’s been a topic I return again and again to most all of my life. I wonder how to respond, cope, battle, persevere through these feelings; to not let them consume, devour, destroy; instead, to transcend. I’ve lived with these emotions the whole …
1/2_Full, All GOOD 