The over-riding hope

bowl of blueberries
Super foods are inexpensive during harvest.

i do not hope to live to be 80-90.

This year i hope to speak with more people that old.

Yet more than any other personal hope, i hope to live in the present moment.

It is 6:00 PM, eating dinner at the desk.

Three posts in and the decision is made to push the cathartic writing about yesterday’s meeting to a future day.

.think .differently

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What happened at Church?

church sermon opening slide
Irony. The parable of the dishonest manager. Saturday’s wedding reception, where Cheryl and i felt the DJ music’s bass, heard the DJ’s voice and music in our home – while watching the Men’s Olympic Curling final between Sweden and Britain.

What happened at Church?

Didn’t bring up yesterday’s wedding reception’s obscene noise volume.

Chuck rushes – literally rushes out to parking lot – to drive to deliver his third sermon of the day. He does this every Sunday. Without fail.

Didn’t speak with Russ either.

Will likely send email asking the question: What have you instructed your events team to do with regard to noise levels?

Will email Russ a request to meet in person. It will be appropriate after meeting with Russ to update Chuck on the February 19 wedding reception and subsequent talk with Russ.

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Special addition to this post: Weeks have passed since writing everything you just read. Now, weeks later, here is where it stands…

Note/update: As the weeks passed by from writing this post, decided to not address the outdoor wedding reception’s heinous noise pollution. Fast forward, met with Russ, made the offer to provide (free) professional development to him and his leadership team. He is receptive and interested. Turns out he is a Disney fan. And a runner. As we walked out of his conference room, he asked about the noise. i described it honestly. And told him i surrender to him and his team doing the right thing. i can no longer be emotionally engaged in worrying if the Church will do what i think is the neighborly thing to do.

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True North

Photo credit: Cheryl Noel.

Christmas is such a True North, hope-filled promise from God.

For unto you a Child is born…

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Don’t panic on a down day

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Balance, personal vibrancy. Same thing said differently.

In a perfect world we no longer get angry.

But it ain’t a perfect world.

Aim for perfection, settle for excellence.

In an excellent world, we no longer get angry.

In an excellent world, we also no longer panic.

There is a time and place to panic, usually a life-threatening situation.

We need the adrenaline rush to be able to lift a car off a trapped body.

Duly noted exception.

Otherwise, no anger, no panic.

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Impossible to change tradition?

Disney themed trash can
Let’s get rid of single use plastic items. Not as in trash them. i mean as in stop manufacturing them.

What if plastic never made it to landfills nor oceans?

Impossible. 

We use plastic for everything. 

What if we didn’t?

Deep breath.

Exhale.

Open your mind to .think .differently

What if the religious origin stories the world floats became a singular love story?

Impossible?

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