Where there is no faith, no hope, no gratitude…
There’s no motivation for better
No will to life,
and no life.
Month: January 2017
Why I switched careers
The possibilities are endless, the growth infinite, as the gatekeepers, the large corporations, are losing to the DIY empowerment of the individual.
More service industry companies being created and more service industry jobs being created.
It’s a great time to be alive.
Why I don’t swallow unicorn poo
It’s not about being happy.
It’s about finding importance in your unhappy times.
When I get down, it’s time to figure out why. That’s the only way to get better. But when I get better, it’s not the end. There’s always better than that better.
Realize there will never be a happy life. It’s not about being happy.
It’s about finding significance in everything. This is a life of gratitude. And gratitude in the land of privilege is a hard thing to generate.
What are you doing?
Another day of existence, gifted from somewhere, between two infinite spans of nothingness.
Do me a favor, yourself a favor, everyone a favor….
Don’t wait until the nothing reclaims you.
Inspiration
“Can I borrow your board?” I asked. “For just one lap?”
The older man in the lane beside had left his board unused by the edge of the pool.
He thought a minute. “Leave it down at the other end after you’re done. I’ll pick it up after I do my next laps.”
I thanked him and finished my swim. Leaving later after my sauna, I saw him huffing his last lap.
“You look like you’re doing good,” I said.
He gave a tired half-smile, “I can’t swim, but I can exercise. That’s why I do this.”
“It’s just a matter of putting in the time,” I said.
He told me about his playing handball. I told him I’d never played, but I had done racket ball.
“I can’t raise my right arm, shoulder got hurt from all the playing. Now I’m learning how to play with my left. And doing this swimming for the exercise.”
“Funny,” I said, “I’m starting to feel old. Just today I was stretching and hurt myself a little just from that!…before I’d even done any of my workout.”
He gave me a look. “How old are you?”
“Forty,” I said.
He shook his head, “I was born in 1939.”
Inspiration.
Would you like to come home with me?
Everyone’s going home
To the source.
Embrace it
And you’re place in it.
It’s not a new year’s resolution
“Attitude is the most important choice any of us will make. We made it yesterday and we get another choice to make it today. And then again tomorrow.
The choice to participate.
To be optimistic.
To intentionally bring out the best in other people.
We make the choice to inquire, to be curious, to challenge the status quo.
To give people the benefit of the doubt.
To find hope instead of fear in the face of uncertainty.
Of course these are attitudes. What else could they be?
And of course, they are a choice. No one does these things to us. We choose them and do the work (and find the benefits) that come with them”
It’s not your new year’s resolution. It’s your attitude.
Reference and Acknowledgment to Seth Godin.
arabedrossian.org 