Posts Tagged ‘Hope’
Thursday, February 18th, 2010
Are You Paying Attention?
Simple is elusive.
Focus is elusive.
Determination is elusive.
Humility is elusive.
Unless your life purpose is clear.
Reading yesterday’s post had me question my humility. You read it and you saw “I did”.
The thing you should understand (in case you don’t) is that there are many people who can tell you what should be done and why, but they themselves can not – not nearly to the extent they preach.
It seemed to me, there was an opportunity for a common man (perhaps a Father) to step up and try it differently.
Tags: Charity, Common Sense, Determination, Determined, Driven, Elusive, Faith, Focus, Focused, Hope, Humble, Humility, Inspired, Jeff Noel, Love, Purpose, Servant, Simple, Simplicity, Status Quo
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Saturday, February 13th, 2010
We Love You Carter
The love of a pet, for some people, is indescribably real and strong.
The loss of a pet, for some people, is heartbreaking, gut wrenching.
Journaling, is therapeutic for some people.
Two out of three isn’t bad.
Tags: Animal Lovers, Carter, Faith, Hope, Loss of a Pet, Love, Pets
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Saturday, February 6th, 2010
Are We Trained For Them?
We all have addictions.
“No we don’t”, is the echo we can hear from some of you.
“Yes we do”, is the echo we can hear from some others, including myself.
Is it hereditary? Click here to read this article that suggests it is.
Pick your poison:
Approval, chocolate, work, sex, TV, food, Internet, exercise, reading, pessimism, optimism, Love, Faith, Hope, Money, shopping, volunteering, excuses, greed, jealously, alcohol, drugs, caffeine, pain, pleasure, video games, gambling, competition, failure, success, nicotine, etc.
Tags: AA, Addiction, Addictive Behavior, Adults, Alcohol, Alcoholics Anonymous, Approval, caffeine, chocolate, Drugs, Excuses, exercise, Failure, Faith, Food, Gambling, Gaming, Genes, greed, Help, Hereditary, Hereditary Addiction, Hope, Internet, jealously, Jeff Noel, Kids, Love, Mid Life, Money, Nicotine, Optimism, pain, Pessimism, pleasure, reading, sex, shopping, Success, teens, TV, Twelve Step Programs, Video Games, Volunteering, Work
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Thursday, February 4th, 2010
Blessed Beyond Measure
A word is worth a thousand pictures.
Cheryl.
Cheryl, my wife.
They don’t make ‘em prettier or smarter.
I’m blaming her for loving me.
Tags: Cheryl Noel, Faith, Family, Hope, Jeff Noel, Love
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Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
Knock Knock
When is your funeral? No idea, right?
Exactly. None of us know.
And because, for most people, death is paralyzingly scary, we ignore it. As if it will go away if we don’t think about it.
I think about death everyday. This helps me appreciate the gift of life today and the opportunity to do the best I can.
Every day is a failure. Every day is a triumph. Every day is a gift.
Will you unwrap yours and enjoy it today?
Tags: Blogger Dude, Death, Dying, Faith, Five Blogs, Five Daily Blogs, Florida, Funeral, Hope, Jeff Noel, Keynote Speeches, Orlando, Randy Pausch, Wellness Expert
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Sunday, January 17th, 2010
Hope Is Free
How often do you feel like giving up? Like quitting? Like what you do doesn’t matter? That the effort is too much, the payoff too little?
Received an email today. Compelled to share it. And it wasn’t from a blog conversation, but a LinkedIn connection.
We connected, like people do, and I sent a personal message, like I always try to do, mentioning, “I am selling hope, and it’s free.”
He sent back a reply, which was a little confusing, so I asked for clarification. He said:
“I mean it’s about putting it out there. My dad’s quote (and every dad’s?) – You’ll only get out of life what you put in …Keep selling hope – we all need it.”
Did you catch that? What his Dad always told him?
“You’ll only get out of life what you put in.”
Tags: Connections, Determination, Five Blogs, Florida, Give Up, Health Blogs, Hope, House, HQ, Jeff Noel, Keynote Speeches, LinkedIn, Orlando, quotes, Selling, Spiritual Blogs
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Monday, January 4th, 2010
Fog
The truth hurts. The truth can also set us free.
“Yeah, yeah, whatever!”
Can’t you just hear people saying this, or thinking it? I say it too. We all do sometimes.
In fact, I’ve said this all my life.
“Yeah, yeah, whatever.”
Until a few years ago when things began to change.
One close friend describes me as, “A Transformed man.”
Just yesterday, at jeffnoel.org (spirit) I posted about the fog, the semi-conscious state many of us seem to go through life with. Some may call it auto-pilot.
As we are into the fourth day of the new year already, wanted to remind everyone that the goal from all this writing is:
- To leave a trail for a young child
- To help others with their goals
- To eventually raise money to find a cure
These things have the ability to help transform anyone. At the moment, it’s working slowly, but powerfully.
Tags: Balance, eBooks, Faith, Five-a-day Blogger, Florida, Free, Goodness, Hope, HQ, Jeff Noel, jungle jeff, Lane 8, Man, Men, Mid Life, Mid Life Celebration, Mid Life Crisis, One-Take-You Tube video guy, Orlando, Purpose, Tenacity, Transform, Transformational, Well Being, Wellness Challenge
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Friday, January 1st, 2010
Bring On 2010
Finally.
Some will say, “Finally, 2009 is over.”
Some will say, “Finally, 2010 is here.”
Some may say both.
Where would you put yourself?
It seems, time and time again, it all comes down to attitude.
Tags: 2009, 2010, Attitude, Central Florida, Daily Blogs, Dreams, Effort, Faith, Final, Finally, Five-a-day Blogger, Florida, Hope, Hopelessness, Jeff Noel, jungle jeff, Lane 8, Mid Life Celebration, One take You Tube videos, Optimism, Orlando, Pessimism, Resolution, Walt Disney World Resort
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Friday, December 25th, 2009
Merry Christmas 2009
Merry Christmas from jeff noel.com
Wishing you and yours:
PEACE in your Soul.
JOY in your Spirit.
LOVE in your Heart.
Tags: Central Florida, Christmas, Faith, Five-a-day Blogger, Florida, Google jeff noel, Hope, HQ, Jeff Noel, Joy, jungle jeff, Lane 8, Love, Merry Christmas, Mid Life Celebration, One take You Tube videos, Orlando, Peace, Walt Disney World Parade, Z Radio, Z88
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Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009
That image of those three bicyclists at 8,000 feet, with the Colorado Rocky Mountains above and below them, was permanently etched on my brain.
I had just turned 13. And yet, I was thinking and dreaming as if I were an adult.
Their summit, the Continental Divide, was still potentially a few hours away for them, at 10,000-plus feet elevation.
Our bus would reach the summit in just ten more minutes.
Have you ever dreamed of doing something uncommonly care-free and ultra-adventurous?
Why?
What is that voice inside all of us that speaks to our desire to go on an adventure that is far beyond our present understanding and capabilities?
And wouldn’t it be nice if we could still tap into that now, and make the adventure of being a responsible adult, exciting and even, “fashionable”?
Tags: Adventure, Bicycle, Bike Trip, Cross Country, Dream Seeds, Hope, Jeff Noel, Learn, Legacy, Lifetime Goal, Live, Love, Mid Life, Purpose, Regret, Rocky Mountains, Solo
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