May 30
A shift in awareness has occurred. Chase spent the night with a friend Saturday night and came home about 11:30. I was planning to leave for Merrie Woode by 1pm. Chase wanted to start cutting the neighbor’s field. In the past I would have set everything up for Chase and sent him out to cut without really teaching him anything. He took the finishing mower off. He took the put the bushhog on. He had to check the oil, etc. He had to walk the field. I walked over and watched him cut the first two swipes. I helped him with a technique to get the grass that was pushed down by the tractor wheels but not cut. The bottom line is that instead of doing it for him, it became a learning experience.
Monday, May 31, 2010
May 29
About 4:30 I got up as I often do to go to the bathroom. I will often go into the study and lay down on the sofa. It supports my back and is a cozy way to get more sleep. I did this today and drifted off to sleep pretty quickly. Some time around 7am I began to drift out of sleep into the netherland zone that is that zone betwen awake and asleep.
If I am dealing with anything emotionally, it will usually show in this neatherland. What I encountered this morning was the very opposite. I had a deep sense of peace as I was in the zone. I had the sense that I had found that peace I have been searching for.
When I was in college Campus Crusade did a marketing campaign entitled, I found it. It was obviously about finding the love of Christ. I thought the whole campaign was a little hokey. This morning, though, there was nothing hokey about it. I had the sense that I had found it. I had experienced that peace that indeed passes all understanding.
It was nice.
About 4:30 I got up as I often do to go to the bathroom. I will often go into the study and lay down on the sofa. It supports my back and is a cozy way to get more sleep. I did this today and drifted off to sleep pretty quickly. Some time around 7am I began to drift out of sleep into the netherland zone that is that zone betwen awake and asleep.
If I am dealing with anything emotionally, it will usually show in this neatherland. What I encountered this morning was the very opposite. I had a deep sense of peace as I was in the zone. I had the sense that I had found that peace I have been searching for.
When I was in college Campus Crusade did a marketing campaign entitled, I found it. It was obviously about finding the love of Christ. I thought the whole campaign was a little hokey. This morning, though, there was nothing hokey about it. I had the sense that I had found it. I had experienced that peace that indeed passes all understanding.
It was nice.
May 28
I had a great day with a client today. I also had the craziest ride home ever. I have a Mazda MX-5 convertible. It was a beautiful day and I was meeting Patty for supper in Athens after work. I decided to make the right with the top down. The ride to Athens was great until I got to Arcade. I saw the dark cloud ahead, but thought I had time to stop and get my top up. I was wrong. As soon as I passed City Hall I saw sheets of rain ahead. There was no place to pull over. As long as I was moving I barely got wet. But the minute I stopped to get the top up I was soaked.
Great meal with Patty. It has been a while since just the two of us had supper together.
I had a great day with a client today. I also had the craziest ride home ever. I have a Mazda MX-5 convertible. It was a beautiful day and I was meeting Patty for supper in Athens after work. I decided to make the right with the top down. The ride to Athens was great until I got to Arcade. I saw the dark cloud ahead, but thought I had time to stop and get my top up. I was wrong. As soon as I passed City Hall I saw sheets of rain ahead. There was no place to pull over. As long as I was moving I barely got wet. But the minute I stopped to get the top up I was soaked.
Great meal with Patty. It has been a while since just the two of us had supper together.
Thursday, May 27, 2010
May 27, 2010
Worry, what a waste of time. How difficult it is, thought, to stop. That is my thought for the day. There was something looming in the near future for me the past two weeks. Even though everything has worked out over the past four months, how easy it was for me to worry that everything would fall apart. Logically it did not seem to be that way, but I found it virtually impossible to keep the worry at bay.
Finally, yesterday, it all played out. It was exactly as I thought it would be. There was no need to worry. The worrying was probably the tipping point that sent my back into spasms a few weeks ago.
If one is to live intentionally, there does come a time when one must recognize the worry for what it is – emotional gravity trying to pull you back to the belief systems that have driven you in the past. Sure, the thoughts will still come, but they are simply thought. You do not have to be controlled by them.
The positive lining in the past few weeks is that even when I struggled to keep the worry and anxiety at bay, I was still practicing the art of finishing them. Getting things done to move forward is now the name of the game.
Worry, what a waste of time. How difficult it is, thought, to stop. That is my thought for the day. There was something looming in the near future for me the past two weeks. Even though everything has worked out over the past four months, how easy it was for me to worry that everything would fall apart. Logically it did not seem to be that way, but I found it virtually impossible to keep the worry at bay.
Finally, yesterday, it all played out. It was exactly as I thought it would be. There was no need to worry. The worrying was probably the tipping point that sent my back into spasms a few weeks ago.
If one is to live intentionally, there does come a time when one must recognize the worry for what it is – emotional gravity trying to pull you back to the belief systems that have driven you in the past. Sure, the thoughts will still come, but they are simply thought. You do not have to be controlled by them.
The positive lining in the past few weeks is that even when I struggled to keep the worry and anxiety at bay, I was still practicing the art of finishing them. Getting things done to move forward is now the name of the game.
May 25, 2010
Rest is critical. Working long hours and doing multiple things at the same time tends to wear you down. It is also one of the places where you separate those who make the change and those who are content to slow down or stop. The greatest challenge, even when you are making the change, is staying focused.
The father/son weekend was great, but very tiring. There was no time to rest. Went immediately into completing work with a client and then on the road today to work with another client. Sometimes it is hard to see the progress. One has to keep moving with the confidence that it is working toward a new future.
Maybe Mario Andretti, the great formula one driver, was right, “If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough.” Things are definitely are not seeming under control.
Rest is critical. Working long hours and doing multiple things at the same time tends to wear you down. It is also one of the places where you separate those who make the change and those who are content to slow down or stop. The greatest challenge, even when you are making the change, is staying focused.
The father/son weekend was great, but very tiring. There was no time to rest. Went immediately into completing work with a client and then on the road today to work with another client. Sometimes it is hard to see the progress. One has to keep moving with the confidence that it is working toward a new future.
Maybe Mario Andretti, the great formula one driver, was right, “If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough.” Things are definitely are not seeming under control.
Monday, May 24, 2010
May 24
A couple of exciting things happened last week. I mentioned in my blog last week that a client and had a tremendous breakthrough. She wanted to really change her life but had to face some difficult experiences from her past for that change to occur. She did it. She still has other things to explore, but she is on the right path.
This weekend I watched as many of the fathers and sons in our BAM father/son weekend had major breakthroughs in their relationships. All of these dads wanted to have deeper relationships with their sons. What most of them needed was the structure and process to build that deeper relationship. That is what happens in the BAM weekend – intentional structure to build relationships.
I realize on reflection that most of us want to make change, but we have two dilemmas that get in the way. We either don’t know how to make the change or we are afraid to take the step to make it happen. To get through both of these dilemmas, one critical action must occur. We must ask for help. Help is out there. But if you don’t ask for help the future becomes almost impossible to manifest. When you ask for help, though, and then follow through with what is within your control, the future beings to materialize.
We have everything within us to become the wonderful person we were created except one thing. We need a guide to help us see the things we can’t see on our own and help us take the steps that we may be afraid to take.
I am realizing more and more that the role of the guide is one of my major gifts.
A couple of exciting things happened last week. I mentioned in my blog last week that a client and had a tremendous breakthrough. She wanted to really change her life but had to face some difficult experiences from her past for that change to occur. She did it. She still has other things to explore, but she is on the right path.
This weekend I watched as many of the fathers and sons in our BAM father/son weekend had major breakthroughs in their relationships. All of these dads wanted to have deeper relationships with their sons. What most of them needed was the structure and process to build that deeper relationship. That is what happens in the BAM weekend – intentional structure to build relationships.
I realize on reflection that most of us want to make change, but we have two dilemmas that get in the way. We either don’t know how to make the change or we are afraid to take the step to make it happen. To get through both of these dilemmas, one critical action must occur. We must ask for help. Help is out there. But if you don’t ask for help the future becomes almost impossible to manifest. When you ask for help, though, and then follow through with what is within your control, the future beings to materialize.
We have everything within us to become the wonderful person we were created except one thing. We need a guide to help us see the things we can’t see on our own and help us take the steps that we may be afraid to take.
I am realizing more and more that the role of the guide is one of my major gifts.
Sunday, May 23, 2010
May 23, 2010
I have not blogged for the past two days because Drew, Tyler and I were leading a BAM Adventures father/son retreat with Falling Creek Boys Camp in Tuxedo, North Carolina. We had our first weekend with Falling Creek last fall. Ten father and son pairs were a part of that great weekend. This weekend, though, was more challenging.
Twenty four father and son pairs gathered at Falling Creek this weekend for the BAM Adventures weekend. In addition, another sixty father and son pairs attended a regular father/son weekend at Falling Creek. It was a full camp of fathers and sons – over 150 people in all.
What an exciting weekend. The BAM Adventures guys did a great father/son adventure race on Saturday morning. In the afternoon they built sling shots and had a competition. In the evening the fathers presented their sons with a special gift symbolizing their journey to manhood and then we shared a very meaningful time around the campfire. As we do in all of our father/son weekends, there were plenty of intentional discussions between dads and sons. Watching fathers and sons talk openly is one of the most exciting parts of the weekend.
This morning was one of my favorite times at our BAM Adventures father/son events – the circle of affirmation. This is a time when the sons identify what they like about them selves, what they are good at, and what they enjoy doing. They then share this with all of the men in the group. It is a great time of affirmation and confidence building.
One of the highlights for me is doing it with Drew and Tyler. They are both such confident and dynamic men. They were like pied pipers with the sons.
After lunch we spent time debriefing the weekend with Yates Pharr, owner of Falling Creek, and Watson Mulkey, a tremendous member of the Falling Creek and now BAM Adventures team. We have a huge program coming us at the end of camp in August with another group.
The weekend reminded me of the power that is discovered when you put fathers and sons together in an intentional environment where they do things together and the have intentional pre-planned discussions. Add the incredible camp setting of Falling Creek and it doesn’t get any better than this.
In the forward to Thich Nhat Hanh’s book, Peace in Every Step, the Dalai Lama wrote these words, “Although attempting to bring about world peace through internal transformation of individuals is difficult, it is the only way.” I thought about those words this weekend as I watched the relationships between fathers and sons blossom. The only way to change the world is one person at a time. The best way to change growing young men is to help them build a strong relationship with their dad. That is what BAM Adventures is all about.
I have not blogged for the past two days because Drew, Tyler and I were leading a BAM Adventures father/son retreat with Falling Creek Boys Camp in Tuxedo, North Carolina. We had our first weekend with Falling Creek last fall. Ten father and son pairs were a part of that great weekend. This weekend, though, was more challenging.
Twenty four father and son pairs gathered at Falling Creek this weekend for the BAM Adventures weekend. In addition, another sixty father and son pairs attended a regular father/son weekend at Falling Creek. It was a full camp of fathers and sons – over 150 people in all.
What an exciting weekend. The BAM Adventures guys did a great father/son adventure race on Saturday morning. In the afternoon they built sling shots and had a competition. In the evening the fathers presented their sons with a special gift symbolizing their journey to manhood and then we shared a very meaningful time around the campfire. As we do in all of our father/son weekends, there were plenty of intentional discussions between dads and sons. Watching fathers and sons talk openly is one of the most exciting parts of the weekend.
This morning was one of my favorite times at our BAM Adventures father/son events – the circle of affirmation. This is a time when the sons identify what they like about them selves, what they are good at, and what they enjoy doing. They then share this with all of the men in the group. It is a great time of affirmation and confidence building.
One of the highlights for me is doing it with Drew and Tyler. They are both such confident and dynamic men. They were like pied pipers with the sons.
After lunch we spent time debriefing the weekend with Yates Pharr, owner of Falling Creek, and Watson Mulkey, a tremendous member of the Falling Creek and now BAM Adventures team. We have a huge program coming us at the end of camp in August with another group.
The weekend reminded me of the power that is discovered when you put fathers and sons together in an intentional environment where they do things together and the have intentional pre-planned discussions. Add the incredible camp setting of Falling Creek and it doesn’t get any better than this.
In the forward to Thich Nhat Hanh’s book, Peace in Every Step, the Dalai Lama wrote these words, “Although attempting to bring about world peace through internal transformation of individuals is difficult, it is the only way.” I thought about those words this weekend as I watched the relationships between fathers and sons blossom. The only way to change the world is one person at a time. The best way to change growing young men is to help them build a strong relationship with their dad. That is what BAM Adventures is all about.
Thursday, May 20, 2010
May 20, 2010
Had a phenomenal experience this afternoon. A friend and I are bartering services. I needed some assistance and she was ready to make some real changes in her life. It has been a mutually beneficial process. Today, we made a major breakthrough on her journey. The process that I experienced and have refined for exploring your subconscious is indeed a pathway for growth for those that are ready. She had tried numerous paths to address some emotional events from her past, but always came up short. Not any more.
Using the same process that I have experienced and now understand with great detail, we were able to get back to a major emotional wound in her past and she found the personal power to confront it and bring healing to it. It was quite exhilarating to be able to help someone breakthrough and find the personal power to confront the past.
I am learning more every time I help someone with this process. I am now confident that the vast majority of us need a guide to help us unravel our subconscious and find a new future. We can’t do it alone. A guide, though, is not responsible for taking the journey for us. The guide is there to light the path. We must take the journey. That is what I actually did with this friend.
She had tried meditation in the past but was too afraid to face the past alone to venture very deep. Last week she was able to get back to the experience but was so frightened by it that she came of the meditative state. Before we started today, we talked a good deal about the experience as best she could remember it. I then offered her my assistance should she need it. We visualized a key that she put in her pocket. When she got back to that place of pain again this week, if should panicked and wanted to run, she was simply to say key and I would provide the supplemental energy to face the fear. She never had to use it. She found the strength within herself to face the moment and subsequently, begin the process of creating a new future.
There is still work to do, but facing that first painful wound is the key. Once you realize you have the personal power to confront the past and emerge victorious, you are energized to explore deeper.
Afterwards we talked about the book, The Secret, which she had read. The essence of the book is that you manifest what you think about. So, if you want something different you have to think about something different. The basic idea of the book is correct. You do manifest what you think about. But it is not your conscious thoughts that you manifest, it is your unconscious thoughts. You can say, “I am worthy,” or “I am successful,” all day, but if in your inner being you don’t really believe that, the mind and body always pay attention to the inner conversation. Change that, which we began doing today, and you will indeed change your life.
The human mind is a wonderful gift. If we know how to unlock its secrets, we will be rewarded with a richer and fuller life.
Had a phenomenal experience this afternoon. A friend and I are bartering services. I needed some assistance and she was ready to make some real changes in her life. It has been a mutually beneficial process. Today, we made a major breakthrough on her journey. The process that I experienced and have refined for exploring your subconscious is indeed a pathway for growth for those that are ready. She had tried numerous paths to address some emotional events from her past, but always came up short. Not any more.
Using the same process that I have experienced and now understand with great detail, we were able to get back to a major emotional wound in her past and she found the personal power to confront it and bring healing to it. It was quite exhilarating to be able to help someone breakthrough and find the personal power to confront the past.
I am learning more every time I help someone with this process. I am now confident that the vast majority of us need a guide to help us unravel our subconscious and find a new future. We can’t do it alone. A guide, though, is not responsible for taking the journey for us. The guide is there to light the path. We must take the journey. That is what I actually did with this friend.
She had tried meditation in the past but was too afraid to face the past alone to venture very deep. Last week she was able to get back to the experience but was so frightened by it that she came of the meditative state. Before we started today, we talked a good deal about the experience as best she could remember it. I then offered her my assistance should she need it. We visualized a key that she put in her pocket. When she got back to that place of pain again this week, if should panicked and wanted to run, she was simply to say key and I would provide the supplemental energy to face the fear. She never had to use it. She found the strength within herself to face the moment and subsequently, begin the process of creating a new future.
There is still work to do, but facing that first painful wound is the key. Once you realize you have the personal power to confront the past and emerge victorious, you are energized to explore deeper.
Afterwards we talked about the book, The Secret, which she had read. The essence of the book is that you manifest what you think about. So, if you want something different you have to think about something different. The basic idea of the book is correct. You do manifest what you think about. But it is not your conscious thoughts that you manifest, it is your unconscious thoughts. You can say, “I am worthy,” or “I am successful,” all day, but if in your inner being you don’t really believe that, the mind and body always pay attention to the inner conversation. Change that, which we began doing today, and you will indeed change your life.
The human mind is a wonderful gift. If we know how to unlock its secrets, we will be rewarded with a richer and fuller life.
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
May 19
Another amazing thing happened yesterday. Out of the blue I got another call from a client from the past for potential work in July. Also, more work with an existing client. There is a change, though, than the past. In the past I would have been content to relax. I realize now that this is just transition stuff for us to actively market in the future.
Another amazing thing happened yesterday. Out of the blue I got another call from a client from the past for potential work in July. Also, more work with an existing client. There is a change, though, than the past. In the past I would have been content to relax. I realize now that this is just transition stuff for us to actively market in the future.
Monday, May 17, 2010
May 17, 2010
I found something interesting happening today. This weekend I finally experienced being rested – the first time in quite a while. I don’t think I have really been rested in weeks and weeks. Not only did I lose weight (which I think happens better when you are rested) but I found myself more at peace. That led to a decision today – to spend one day focused in the moment. Instead of being consumed with worrying about the future or thinking about the past – just living in the present.
The day was a much better day. I accomplished as much as I did any day that I stressed from beginning to end. Plus, I left with more energy. I have also started swimming again which I think is helping.
I said yesterday that now is a time for action. I am learning more about action – the right action – every day. Tyler was at the office today working on father/son stuff. I was with a client. Tomorrow is another day for right action. The marketing begins tomorrow. First in a small wave, then wave after wave after wave. There is no value in playing it small any more. I have been given a gift. It is my job to share it.
I read a great quote at the front of one of Chase’s journal books this weekend. It is attributed to Kung Fu.
The past is history.
The future is a mystery.
Today is a gift.
That is why they call it the present.
May I accept the gift of today with graciousness, thanksgiving, and the spirit of action.
I found something interesting happening today. This weekend I finally experienced being rested – the first time in quite a while. I don’t think I have really been rested in weeks and weeks. Not only did I lose weight (which I think happens better when you are rested) but I found myself more at peace. That led to a decision today – to spend one day focused in the moment. Instead of being consumed with worrying about the future or thinking about the past – just living in the present.
The day was a much better day. I accomplished as much as I did any day that I stressed from beginning to end. Plus, I left with more energy. I have also started swimming again which I think is helping.
I said yesterday that now is a time for action. I am learning more about action – the right action – every day. Tyler was at the office today working on father/son stuff. I was with a client. Tomorrow is another day for right action. The marketing begins tomorrow. First in a small wave, then wave after wave after wave. There is no value in playing it small any more. I have been given a gift. It is my job to share it.
I read a great quote at the front of one of Chase’s journal books this weekend. It is attributed to Kung Fu.
The past is history.
The future is a mystery.
Today is a gift.
That is why they call it the present.
May I accept the gift of today with graciousness, thanksgiving, and the spirit of action.
Sunday, May 16, 2010
May 16, 2010
Today is Tyler’s birthday. Happy Birthday Tyler, if you are reading this. Today marks another turn in the journey of the year of living intentionally. Already, after just two and a half month the journey has taken me places I would not have believed. Some magical things have happened – the most important being that I now believe that the future will be realized.
When I started the year of living intentionally, it was after 18 months of deep introspection. Virtually all my energy during that time was inward. It was a tremendous, and also very scary, journey. I looked deeper than ever before. I faced my own fears and anxieties. I faced my own dragons and demons and emerged victorious. I realize in hindsight that it was my own soul, longing to be healthy, that was the catalyst for the whole journey. I was ready to get healthy, whether I wanted to, consciously, or not.
Once the bulk of the inner work was completed my own soul again made the next turn. Realizing that it was time to move forward and begin focusing outward the question began to burrow from deep in my subconscious into the light of conscious thought. On the way to work with a client, early in the morning, it hit me. What would happen in my life if I lived for a full year very intentionally? Instead of thinking about doing things, actually doing them. Instead of running from fears and anxieties, facing them and creating a new future. After considering it for two months, I took the plunge and began the journey and this blog February 28.
What I have discovered over the past two and a half month is the transformation that occurs when you make a commitment to be very intentional about something – anything. Putting yourself out there can be a little scary, but it is the only way to make real change in your life.
This weekend marks the beginning of the next leg of the journey. I realize now that there is nothing final about the journey. There is no destination where I can cross the finish line and sit back. It is an ongoing journey with layer after layer of understanding. There are times of rest and times of work. There are also times for action. That is the essence of this leg of the journey.
I made a commitment to generate a set amount of business every month. It was based on my desire to grow the business and also get out of the debt that occurred during these past few years of economic chaos. Amazingly, four new clients came into the picture out of the blue. Guess what? We hit our goal for May.
I realized this weekend, though, that the new clients were simply a bridge to the next leg of the journey. To realize that goal month after month requires proactive marketing with prospects and clients. This leg marks a different kind of action. Prior to the blog the action was focused internally. It was a necessary action because I could never be where I am today without the internal work. Cleaning out my own attic was essential before I could follow my path. Now we begin the action of growing the business and actively making the future come alive.
In the past I wanted the future to magically appear. I did not want to actively market and work with prospects. I realize now that action is the place where the future starts. Right action in the moment is the place where the future begins. This part of the journey will involve actively inviting others to share this journey to transform their lives. It will mean building a new generation of leaders who not only get results, but inspire people to find and follow their path to do great things in their lives.
Enough for now. More tomorrow.
Today is Tyler’s birthday. Happy Birthday Tyler, if you are reading this. Today marks another turn in the journey of the year of living intentionally. Already, after just two and a half month the journey has taken me places I would not have believed. Some magical things have happened – the most important being that I now believe that the future will be realized.
When I started the year of living intentionally, it was after 18 months of deep introspection. Virtually all my energy during that time was inward. It was a tremendous, and also very scary, journey. I looked deeper than ever before. I faced my own fears and anxieties. I faced my own dragons and demons and emerged victorious. I realize in hindsight that it was my own soul, longing to be healthy, that was the catalyst for the whole journey. I was ready to get healthy, whether I wanted to, consciously, or not.
Once the bulk of the inner work was completed my own soul again made the next turn. Realizing that it was time to move forward and begin focusing outward the question began to burrow from deep in my subconscious into the light of conscious thought. On the way to work with a client, early in the morning, it hit me. What would happen in my life if I lived for a full year very intentionally? Instead of thinking about doing things, actually doing them. Instead of running from fears and anxieties, facing them and creating a new future. After considering it for two months, I took the plunge and began the journey and this blog February 28.
What I have discovered over the past two and a half month is the transformation that occurs when you make a commitment to be very intentional about something – anything. Putting yourself out there can be a little scary, but it is the only way to make real change in your life.
This weekend marks the beginning of the next leg of the journey. I realize now that there is nothing final about the journey. There is no destination where I can cross the finish line and sit back. It is an ongoing journey with layer after layer of understanding. There are times of rest and times of work. There are also times for action. That is the essence of this leg of the journey.
I made a commitment to generate a set amount of business every month. It was based on my desire to grow the business and also get out of the debt that occurred during these past few years of economic chaos. Amazingly, four new clients came into the picture out of the blue. Guess what? We hit our goal for May.
I realized this weekend, though, that the new clients were simply a bridge to the next leg of the journey. To realize that goal month after month requires proactive marketing with prospects and clients. This leg marks a different kind of action. Prior to the blog the action was focused internally. It was a necessary action because I could never be where I am today without the internal work. Cleaning out my own attic was essential before I could follow my path. Now we begin the action of growing the business and actively making the future come alive.
In the past I wanted the future to magically appear. I did not want to actively market and work with prospects. I realize now that action is the place where the future starts. Right action in the moment is the place where the future begins. This part of the journey will involve actively inviting others to share this journey to transform their lives. It will mean building a new generation of leaders who not only get results, but inspire people to find and follow their path to do great things in their lives.
Enough for now. More tomorrow.
Saturday, May 15, 2010
May 15, 2010
We are within the 30 day window for Drew's wedding. Drew is our oldest son. Thinking about Drew's wedding, I think about the importnace of following your dreams and reaching for the stars. All of us have dreams in our lives at some point that we want to manifest. These dreams are real and important to us. Unfortunately, few of us realize these dreams. Not because we can't, but because we somehow don't think that we deserve theme or that we really have what it takes to achieve them. Both of these ideas are wrong. We do deserve them and we do have what it takes to achieve them.
When I look around at the lives that most of us live I see people that are resigned to live and get less than they really want in their lives. I have found that to be true in my life in the past. One of the challenges of the year of living intentionally is to keep focused on the things that you really do want, that new dream, and then building the belief system and actions that manifest it.
We are within the 30 day window for Drew's wedding. Drew is our oldest son. Thinking about Drew's wedding, I think about the importnace of following your dreams and reaching for the stars. All of us have dreams in our lives at some point that we want to manifest. These dreams are real and important to us. Unfortunately, few of us realize these dreams. Not because we can't, but because we somehow don't think that we deserve theme or that we really have what it takes to achieve them. Both of these ideas are wrong. We do deserve them and we do have what it takes to achieve them.
When I look around at the lives that most of us live I see people that are resigned to live and get less than they really want in their lives. I have found that to be true in my life in the past. One of the challenges of the year of living intentionally is to keep focused on the things that you really do want, that new dream, and then building the belief system and actions that manifest it.
Friday, May 14, 2010
Friday, May 14, 2010:
It was a very energizing day today. Chandler Creel went with Tyler and me to work with a client and we churned a great deal of work today. We actually put Chandler to work and he jumped right in.
We have made it through a tough week. That is the way growth is, though, some weeks can be tough. Just a part of the journey. No one said it was going to be easy. Time to relax and watch a movie.
It was a very energizing day today. Chandler Creel went with Tyler and me to work with a client and we churned a great deal of work today. We actually put Chandler to work and he jumped right in.
We have made it through a tough week. That is the way growth is, though, some weeks can be tough. Just a part of the journey. No one said it was going to be easy. Time to relax and watch a movie.
Thursday, May 13, 2010
May 13, 2010
Valuable lesson yesterday. Don't let your feelings control your actions. I know it is much easier to say it than do it, but it is a key to fearless living. When we allow our fears to dictate our actions we are continually being tossed around like someone on a roller coaster ride. That is probably a good analogy. If we can resist letting them control us, then we can find greater power to control them. Another reality is that if you just keep pushing through, there is light at the end of the tunnel.
Valuable lesson yesterday. Don't let your feelings control your actions. I know it is much easier to say it than do it, but it is a key to fearless living. When we allow our fears to dictate our actions we are continually being tossed around like someone on a roller coaster ride. That is probably a good analogy. If we can resist letting them control us, then we can find greater power to control them. Another reality is that if you just keep pushing through, there is light at the end of the tunnel.
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Wednesday, May 12. 2010
It has been too long since I last posted to the blog. Won't happen again except on vacation. It has been a challenging week or so. Too much to do and not enough time. Last weekend it all came to a head in my back. My back locked down like it has not done in ten years. I have not been exercising for the past two months. I have also been sitting in a chair at work all day and it has been too much for the back. Thanksfully Denise Patterson, a great masseuse was able to give me some relief. it will be a few days before it is back to normal.
As I have said many times before, making real change is hard. There are waves of times when you are moving at a rapid pace and things work out and then there are times when you feel like you are trudging through mud and can't make the next step. I do know that the only course for me is to keep moving forward. No going back.
It has been too long since I last posted to the blog. Won't happen again except on vacation. It has been a challenging week or so. Too much to do and not enough time. Last weekend it all came to a head in my back. My back locked down like it has not done in ten years. I have not been exercising for the past two months. I have also been sitting in a chair at work all day and it has been too much for the back. Thanksfully Denise Patterson, a great masseuse was able to give me some relief. it will be a few days before it is back to normal.
As I have said many times before, making real change is hard. There are waves of times when you are moving at a rapid pace and things work out and then there are times when you feel like you are trudging through mud and can't make the next step. I do know that the only course for me is to keep moving forward. No going back.
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