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Five daily blogs about life's 5 big choices on five different sites.
Returned from a week on Sanibel Island (driving through the north end of our hometown, below) only to leave again this morning… on a mission…
Having Family support is critical for our Olympic athletes. And I’d like to thank mine right now for theirs.
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Manhattan pizza July 25…
Sanibel Island Florida pizza July 27…
Beaches and Olympics are a great spiritual combination. Ever do the same thing differently than you’ve ever done? What happened?
Arrived on Sanibel Island last night in time to catch the London Olympics opening ceremonies. Life is good. Life’s a beach. God is good.
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Note: latest summer arrival to a favorite Family tradition… a week on Sanibel Island.
Midlife Celebration’s jeff noel believes God has the same dream as Walt Disney, that Families can have fun together. Walt created Disneyland. God created Earth. Walt gave us Mickey Mouse. God gave us Jesus. Walt gave us laughter. God gave us prayer. Both excellent additions to the human life.
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Randy Pausch, who wrote The Last Lecture, and shortly thereafter, died, wrote a book about living while he was dying.
I’m writing a book about living while I’m living.
We are all dying, son, it’s simply a fact of life.
Leave a trail for your Family. That’s what I’m doing for you, son.
Yesterday, as my crazy mind was racing, I recalled Randy’s life, his book, and both touched my soul and inspired me, as well as countless millions. And the sad fact that his “anniversary” is soon – July 25. Two years ago Randy left his earthly life.
Somehow, I recalled the cassette tapes I used to make for your Mother. I’d pour over our CD collection, for hours, and create loving tributes for your Mom.
Must have been five or six tapes total. Most likely over 100 of the best Love songs ever written. Most of them Country songs, and most of them obscure songs, meaning they weren’t hits or mainstream.
Here’s one of them, called “Living In A Moment (You Would Die For)”:
What’s at the very center of your life?
You know what most people say, right?
Family.
Hands down.
Me too.
Cheryl and Chapin.
Yet it is Jesus that allows this miracle, of Family and Love, to bloom.
So do we, or should we, put Jesus before or after Family?