Here’s a positive way to look at Mondays.
And, if you have no mistakes from last week to clean up, then it’s a great day to set a productive rhythm.
Category: Personal Reflections
Lessons learned about life; pearls of wisdom I’ve gleaned through pain, failure and honest reflection
When I am an old man
When I am an old man
I will be gentle, wise and kind.
Full of delight and wonder.
The lover of all who smile.
I shall drink coffee with my friends
Watching the glories of youth
Drift by, unaware that I will
Capture their grace, embellish
It with verse, releasing a poem.
Beautiful birds dancing upon light,
Forever elegant ambassadors of life.
A Desert Meditation
Mists through these canyons
Flute playing ghosts echoing
As life continues
KEXP, Pearl Jam and Seattle Culture
I have a great fondness for Seattle’s KEXP and the band Pearl Jam. And this story by John Richards reinforces that further. The community that’s formed around both the band and the radio station are filled with decent, caring, compassionate, wonderful people. It’s a key part of what makes Seattle a great place to live.
It’s Never Too Late To Start, It’s Never Too Early, Either
Grabbed the above image from Pinterest.
Some great wisdom on this image. I often get stuck in “I should’ve done that years ago”, yet can also be paralyzed by “maybe I should wait…”, whether it’s more detail, risk aversion, or just fear of the unknown. It’s hard to avoid self doubt and recrimination.
With all this, I’m re-evaluating quite a bit of my life right now. Questions like “what do I want to do with my life”, “what skills do I want to build”. With that, all of my social media is being evaluated, too.
I need to focus. One of my challenges: all the things I’m trying to do. All the sites that I’m trying to manage, all the communities that I’m trying to be part of.
I expect I’ll drop some of my sites, and move others around. I might even launch a new one. We’ll see.
I want my efforts and resources to be building something. And something cool.
Have you done this sort of evaluation before? How’d it go? What advice do you have? I’d love to hear it.
A Sunday Night Meditation
Life moves at this blur
Days blend together quickly
Cherish these moments
It’s hard at times to keep all this mental motion together. I blink and my son’s taller, the other children around become adults. And I age. Gracefully, I’m sure. But with certainty.
My Neighbors Walking
A little boy skips
His hand in his mother’s hand
Beauty as light fades
Glaring Back At Fear
I find it hard at times
As fears creep forth
Snaring my heart
Corrupting my dreams
Distorting logic
Contorting my focus
Into destruction
I don’t understand it’s allure
And why it captivates me
But I shall refuse it’s temptation
And uphold my dreams
Exploring The Microsoft Surface
I’ve had a Surface for several months now. Only recently have I explored this thing in greater depth.
Just discovered the hand writing input option. which I’m using right now. It’s pretty good, in my opinion.There are some things it’s taking me a bit to get used to. One: the way it processes when I get to the end of entry line. Sometimes it takes a few seconds to catch up. On the other side, every so often it will start to process my entry mid-word. Things often get weird. Every so often it will let me keep adding letters. Other times it just stops and gets funky. Probably my learning curve.
Have you spent any time on one of these? What did you think? I actually rather like it. We’ll see. I plan to explore it more.
On The Road
I’ve long admired that itinerant hippie lifestyle. Driving into town within my VW Van, working for a few months raising money for the next leg of the trip. Spending years driving. Wind in my face, windows down, carefree.
Part of the love lingers on. But I’ve left that notion behind. It really doesn’t match my personality.
I found this series on YouTube. Kombi life features folk who’ve done this. They’ve driven this weathered ol Kombi from Peru to Alaska. Quite impressive.