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.
Cheryl
Tag: Hope
When Is Your Funeral?
When is your funeral? No idea, right?
Exactly. None of us know.
And because, for most people, death is paralyzingly scary, we ignore it. As if it will go away if we don’t think about it.
I think about death everyday. This helps me appreciate the gift of life today and the opportunity to do the best I can.
Every day is a failure. Every day is a triumph. Every day is a gift.
Will you unwrap yours and enjoy it today?
Just Give Up, OK?
How often do you feel like giving up? Like quitting? Like what you do doesn’t matter? That the effort is too much, the payoff too little?
Received an email today. Compelled to share it. And it wasn’t from a blog conversation, but a LinkedIn connection.
We connected, like people do, and I sent a personal message, like I always try to do, mentioning, “I am selling hope, and it’s free.”
He sent back a reply, which was a little confusing, so I asked for clarification. He said:
“I mean it’s about putting it out there. My dad’s quote (and every dad’s?) – You’ll only get out of life what you put in …Keep selling hope – we all need it.”
Did you catch that? What his Dad always told him?
“You’ll only get out of life what you put in.”
The Truth Hurts
The truth hurts. The truth can also set us free.
“Yeah, yeah, whatever!”
Can’t you just hear people saying this, or thinking it? I say it too. We all do sometimes.
In fact, I’ve said this all my life.
“Yeah, yeah, whatever.”
Until a few years ago when things began to change.
One close friend describes me as, “A Transformed man.”
Just yesterday, at jeffnoel.org (spirit) I posted about the fog, the semi-conscious state many of us seem to go through life with. Some may call it auto-pilot.
As we are into the fourth day of the new year already, wanted to remind everyone that the goal from all this writing is:
- To leave a trail for a young child
- To help others with their goals
- To eventually raise money to find a cure
These things have the ability to help transform anyone. At the moment, it’s working slowly, but powerfully.
Finally
Finally.
Some will say, “Finally, 2009 is over.”
Some will say, “Finally, 2010 is here.”
Some may say both.
Where would you put yourself?
It seems, time and time again, it all comes down to attitude.