Carving Out A Life – Page 6 – Disney Creativity and Innovation Keynote Speaker

Observing

disney campfire sign — Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort and Campground.

disney outdoor campfire theater — Every night is campfire and movie night.

Listening is important.

There are many smart people in our world.

Somewhere along my life’s journey i learned an important insight.

What people say and what they do are often different.

Watching, observing, is more telling than listening.

Same with yourself.

Be careful what you tell yourself and ensure that your actions mirror your thoughts. For most of us, thoughts and actions are varying degrees of different. They should be mirror images.

We judge ourselves on our intentions. Others judge us on our behaviors.

And finally, for now, what you do thunders so loudly, i can’t hear what you say.

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This website is about our HOME. This is the fifth of five daily, differently-themed blog posts about: (1) mind, (2) body, (3) spirit, (4) work, (5) home. To return to Mid Life Celebration, the site about MIND, click here.

The seven summits, home

books on a bookshelf — Frank Wells. along with Dick Bass, summitted the highest peak on all seven continents, except Everest. The book is about their shared adventures, and untimely sorrow.

The eight summits, home

Observing
Thinking
Learning
Reflection
Prioritization
Commitment
Behaviors
Motivation

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Balance is not a myth

space mountain and lots of orange traffic cones — World Drive is the main street in our hometown, which hosts big time running events. Couple days ago…the 2026 Walt Disney World Marathon.

Tomorrow i have a podiatrist appointment and later a massage.

Feet, joints, ligaments, tendons, legs.

These are a few of my favorite things.

Haven’t ‘jogged’ since last Wednesday, a week ago.

Started to jog five days ago last Friday but developed a left-calf ‘cramp’. so i immediately stopped. Been on daily ice, rest, ibuprofen.

Podiatrist appointment is unrelated to running, this time anyway.

The massage is me trying to use up accumulated, unused monthly auto-paid credits.

Gonna ask Charlene what she feels in that left calf.

Hoping it’s nothing and then i’m back to the slow and steady return to running.

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Do you remember?

What?

i can remember when i wanted what i presently have.

So grateful to have all the things that used to be missing or hoped for.

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Grammy always said

Small apartment packed with packing boxes — Furnished apartment was full of furniture (of course), boxes, and an army of night-time roaches.

Shirtless man in a small apartment kitchen — Me spraying for roaches. Hopefully the baseboard, bathroom, bedroom, and kitchen spraying will help. It didn’t.

Two-story old apartment building — Lower, corner unit next to a busy cut-through road.

Four people standing outside a building — Cheryl’s Grammy and her cousin Michael paid us a visit shortly after we arrived. i think Cheryl’s parents sent Grammy to make sure Cheryl was ok and wasn’t in over her head with someone like me. lol

Two people posing at Epcot in front of a fountain and spaceship earth — Grammy and me at Epcot, September 1984. This was before selfies were invented. Someone actually held your camera and stepped back, then took the picture.

Cheryl’s Grammy always said, “Health is wealth.”

This is not an exaggeration, Grammy may be the most remarkable human being i have ever known. She lived to be almost 94 and she died in my arms.

Note: Cheryl and i flew home September 1989. i was in our best man’s wedding party and we stayed at Cheryl’s place until the wedding 60 miles away. Grammy passed before the wedding and we were conflicted about still attending Cort and Katie’s marriage. The answer was easy, Grammy would want us to go. So we did.

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