Posts Tagged ‘Love’
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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Monday, February 15th, 2010
One Final Walk on Feb. 13, 2010
Do you day dream?
I mean sometimes, do you day dream so big that it surprises you?
Yesterday, I had a daydream that our beloved Canine Son Carter, an 11-year old Yellow Lab stole one of Jesus’ sandals.
We laid Carter to rest yesterday morning, Valentine’s Day.
It was a glorious moment when the image of Carter meeting Jesus and licking Jesus’ face so much with affectionate kisses that Jesus finally had to laugh and say, “OK Carter, enough, that’s enough already.”
And Carter obeyed. But quickly grabbed one of Jesus’ sandals and began his favorite game – keep away.
Dream big today, no matter your circumstance. Try not to let any thing or any one deprive you of your most glorious day dream.
Tags: Brilliant Imagination, Canine Companion, Carter, Day Dreams, Dog Breath, Dog Kisses, Eternal Life, Eternal Rest, Family Pets, Final Walk, Heaven, Jeff Noel, Jesus, Life, Loss, Love, Memories, Pet Death, Pet Grief, Pet Human Bond, Pets, Rest, Sandals, Triumph
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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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Friday, February 12th, 2010
100% Retriever
Heading back to the vet to check on Carter.
All that’s in my mind right now is this Garth Brooks song, The Dance.
The pain that is being felt and the pain that will continue to swell, is worth every minute we spent together.
However, on the other hand, the pain is beginning to cut so deeply, but so slowly, that I hear myself thinking, “I’m never getting another Dog.”
“The pain of saying goodbye is too much for a human heart to bear.”
Tags: Cancer, Carter, Garth Brooks, Human-Pet Bonds, Life, Loss, Love, Pets, Saying Goodbye, The Dance, Vet
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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, January 27th, 2010
Is More Better?
“Give what you have. To someone, it may be better than you dare to think.” — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
This Longfellow quote came to me in a most unusual way. A piece of mail from Senior’s First, a Central Florida charity to help seniors who can not help themselves.
But what is so powerful is recently, I was talking to someone about what happened on Christmas day, while we where doing our 11th annual Christmas day tradition – delivering Food for Families.
The month before doing the same thing on Thanksgiving day, we had a van full of food, and got lost, spending several hours making deliveries.
But on Christmas morning, as we pulled away from Ocoee High School, Cheryl said all the deliveries were on the same street. We found the street in about 15 minutes, delivered the food and were done.
Cheryl asked if we should go back and do more.
And I said, “No. We shouldn’t let the amount of time determine the value of our efforts. We should feel good about what we did to help.”
And so it goes, the constant battle to listen to society’s stereotypes and what’s in our hearts.
Tags: Bread of Life Ministries, Charity, Dare, Five-a-day Blogger, Food For Families, Give, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, HQ, Jeff Noel, Love, Ocoee High School, One take You Tube videos, Orlando, Publix, Quote, Walt Disney World
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Sunday, January 24th, 2010
Honeymoon Puget Sound
The most amazing gift ever, besides the gift of life?
What was your answer?
Did it take some time to sort to it?
Did it come to you immediately?
Are you confused why the question was even asked in the first place?
Honeymoon San Juan Islands
Tags: Answers, Bicycle Trip, Biggest Gift, Cheryl Noel, Honeymoon, Jeff Noel, Love, Puget Sound, Questions, Wife
Posted in January 2010 | 2 Comments »
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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