Category: Leaving a trail for our son

All my personal posts 2008-2016.

Change yourself to change the world?

Change yourself to change the world?  

I went to the Apple store yesterday.   It intrigues me that Apple has forged a path, different then the status quo.

This challenges me to learn about Apple or not learn about Apple.   I have choosen to learn.

It dawned on me that the secret to success is having the right attitude.  And that the right attitude can be significantly influenced when there is a compelling reason.

Being a role model to my family is very compelling to me.   The moral – never stop learning.  Find a way to keep pushing your understanding, without sacrificing your core, your root values. 

Carpe diem, jeff noel  🙂

Mac Daddy?

Heading to the Apple Store today.

Why?

To look at potentially getting an Apple computer.   A Mac.

Why?

Why not?

With an eight-year old who looks at technology the same way he looks at air and water – breathing and drinking – it’s just a no-brainer that I should embrace technology, understand technology, and use technology, like he will when he gets older.

Ya with me?   No time to fear.  Only time to learn and grow.   Carpe diem, jeff noel 🙂

My goal in life is to become…

Our Dog is our Son.   And, my goal in life is to become the kind of person my dog thinks I am.

Think about it this way too:

“Dogs are our link to paradise.  They don’t know evil or jealousy or discontent.   To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring – it was Peace.”   — Milan Kundera

May the Peace that surpasses all understanding be with you today.   Life is hard.  Trust me, I know.  You know it too.  It’s hard for everyone in their own way.  All of us have the weight of the world on our shoulders.  And if we don’t currently, we either did or will soon.

Carpe diem, jeff noel  🙂

If you only had…..

If you only had ten years left to live, would you live your life differently?

Why?

Why not?

Maybe you never even thought about this before.  That’s OK too.

I think about it all the time.   And it inspires me to live more in the moment than I ever have before.  Not perfectly in the moment, but way better than before.

Carpe diem, jeff noel  🙂