Leaving a trail for our son – Page 29 – Disney Creativity and Innovation Keynote Speaker

HQ Thanksgiving

7-second video: From their Coop to yours, “Happy Thanksgiving Day”.

We come to know the true meaning of Thanksgiving when we learn to celebrate it everyday.
dad

Greetings from Miami. Happy present moment.

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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.

Tell me about today and next year

Gray cat sleeping — Matthew. Catching some zzzz’s.

Tell me about today and next year.
dad

Today, and next year, i am focused on being grateful.

All 366 days, from the moment i awoke/awake.

To the moment sleep takes its turn, all 366 nights.

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You don’t have to

Artwork painted on a wall of an ostrich, with its head in the sand — Restaurant wall art at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. Proverbial “head in the sand“ image.

You don’t have to change the world. But it might be fun trying.
dad

Writing a book, and especially publishing a book, may be some of the greatest fun in my life.

The 100-day blogging challenge that began April Fools’ Day 2009, created a daily writing habit that continues to this day.

One-hundred days, which was a foolish (impossible) goal, has lasted over 15 years (and growing).

i didn’t have to keep writing.

In fact, i never intended to keep writing.

Yet here we are.

It’s been a remarkably fun ride.

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HQ alignment

Disney Keynote Speaker, Jeff Noel when he was a young boy — Enthusiasm is a superpower. This is me at (cousin) Redwood’s house. Circa mid to late 60’s.

Happy present moment.
dad

Enjoy your journey through life.

Never lose your childhood enthusiasm to have fun and explore what’s possible.

My goal in the photo was is to see how many pogo-stick bounces i could do in a row.

Don’t recall the actual record, but i distinctly remember thinking 1,000 would be epic.

Ps. Never owned a pogo stick, so practicing was never in the equation.

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The mystery BFOs

Lakeside mountain motor inn room view — A Motel room with a view like this is possible, if you catch a lucky break and find it.

Strive continuously to solve your personal mysteries. Then continuously enjoy the fruits of your labors.
dad

The mystery of BFOs is stunning.

A BFO is a blinding flash of the obvious.

A few ‘stunning’ examples:

Regular exercise and decent nutrition are light-years better than the opposite.

Reading, studying, observing, and teaching (to name a few) are better than not doing them.

Consistently, for a decade or so, saving a little money and investing in one or two blue chip stocks when you are young is remarkably better than not doing it.

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