Our pleasure is lost because we fail to stop being ambitious

Newspaper write up on young woman heading off to college
Cheryl’s 2nd cousin, 17, heading off to college (remember when it was us?)

 

The pleasure of what we enjoy is mostly lost by wanting more.

Desiring more is normal.

Letting our desire ruin our present moment causes discord. We have all we need, yet desire even more.

Boomers, we must find a way to slow down while at the same time hurry up – because our clock is ticking.

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Is the long way the short cut?

Florida Sand Hill Cranes in homeowner yard
Florida Sand Hill Cranes are not a normal part of front yard landscapes

 

Is the long way the short cut? Only time will tell.

Who’s got time for that?

Not many.

In fact, no time left this morning to post new landscape photos… hopefully tomorrow.

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Some things we must learn to deal with

Crab meat cheese cake is a Palace Cafe signature appetizer
Crab meat cheese cake is a Palace Cafe signature appetizer

 

Bag of beignets from Cafe Du Monde
Bag of beignets from Cafe Du Monde

 

People can’t find even a morsel to eat, nor clean drinking water, and I eat two of the most delicious items in an entire lifetime, within an hour of each other.

Some things we must learn to deal with.

And suddenly I switch from food to why do I have all this stuff in my house that I’ll never touch again?

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To become decently organized is a blessing and a curse

The New Orleans Hyatt Regency interior atrium from the 25th floor
The New Orleans Hyatt Regency must be extraordinarily organized, or they’d go out bankrupt

 

We are not born organized. As infants, we rely on others for parental care – for our very survival – because we are helpless.

As we grow older, we must slowly and surely break the chains of having others think and do for us. We must find our own way.

Most of us never attack this opportunity soon enough, hard enough, and long enough, to be transformational.

It is what it is.

But it doesn’t have to be permanent.

This month I’m inviting the Mid Life Celebration community to follow all five daily blogs about work life balance. It couldn’t be easier to go from this HQ blog to the mental attitude blog , just click -> go to Next Blog

 

So close, so similar, yet so different

simplicity
keeping it simple and clean?
over achiever
over achiever?

So yeah, this is the fifth of five daily blogs. Crazy? I guess. Those of you who read all five, here’s to our daily goals of: wellness, balance, focus, discipline…

During this morning’s run, there were several interesting observations, like in the photos above. The homes were across the street from each other.

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