One is in control, the other is at the mercy of waiting

Google Maps Kalispel airport to Rising Sun Motor Lodge

 

If there is going to be electricity in the air today, it’s up to us. And not only that, we are in charge of controlling it. Of turning it up, and turning it down.

The other option is simply to check and measure for it.

Maybe we’ll feel some, maybe not.

One is in control, the other is at the mercy of waiting.

Being organized means figuring this out.

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Six years of diligent personal organization led to yesterday

Blck eyed susans gone to seed

 

(photo: University of Iowa bed of Black-Eyed Susans getting ready to move to the next chapter in their life cycle)

Six years of diligent personal organization can go by rather quickly.

Time waits for no one.

Pretty decent case for initiating our biggest dreams plans in life.

How long would you be willing to persevere in order to reach a dream?

Unlikely at 16 we had the vision for what we wanted to become at 21.

Not that crazy at 49 to envision what could happen at 55.

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We have to start our own fire

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Could we astound ourselves to shed 90% of our stuff?

 

We have to start our own fire.

If lost in the wilderness in freezing temperatures, to avoid freezing to death overnight gather 10 times as much firewood as you think you’ll need.

Very time consuming.

Overkill?

No. Yet it is the right strategy you would need to survive the night without freezing to death.

This may seem unrelated to everyday civilized life.

Be 10 times more organized with our possessions than we think we need to be. Otherwise, we might kill our peace.

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Three days until he sees 55

Iowa Children's Hospital
If you run a lot, you’ll earn a reputation as a runner

 

When you finally become comfortable with who you are, you’ll discover that not everyone likes this.

Do it anyway.

Seek peace with who you are.

Seek contentment with what you have.

Those not liking you have their own battles to fight. Be kind, gentle, and generous, and feel no obligation to change their mind.

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Are you an honor guard?

University of Iowa's Mascot Herky
Stand watch over your stuff and do not let it get out of control

 

This is a really easy post to dismiss.

Are you satisfied with your personal organization?

Why?

What would you do?

(assumed most of us answered ‘no’)

Personal organization reaches a pinnacle when we have very little left to organize.

It’s not like we get to take it with us.

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