Wednesday Wisdom

Seed tomorrow with wise strength today

The National Speakers Association annual convention ended yesterday.  Ideas simmered and stirred, eloquence flowed, and most importantly, hugs from loved colleagues were sincerely abundant. In a General Session keynote, Roger Crawford shared experiences of being born with physical limitations. When he asked his mom why other kids made fun of his short arms that we missing 7 fingers, her response was:

Making fun of another is a weak person’s imitation of strength.

Roger reminded us that disabilities may limit us; however, it’s the imaginary ones that disable us. By nature, we have enough mental chatter to manage – we certainly don’t need to listen to that which is nonsense, mean or judgmental from another.

 Life is calling . . .  Today’s the day . . . Make this moment matter!! 

Learn Lavishly. Live Significantly. Leave a Legacy.

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Wednesday Wisdom

Seed tomorrow with wise opportunities today

 We’re working in Charlotte this week and smiled as I read this sign outside of a little boutique:

If you get “no” as an answer, remember N~O means “Next Opportunity.”  

Hum . . . I can think of several occasions when this reframe would have helped!

 

Life is calling . . .  Today’s the day . . . Make this moment matter!! 

Learn Lavishly. Live Significantly. Leave a Legacy.

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Wednesday Wisdom

Seed tomorrow with wise daring today

The last two weeks were blissfully laced by lots of time with our precious grandsons.  Moments were filled with experiences I look back upon and my soul smiles. Our time was invested in a family wedding, reading books, playing with Mighty Machines, exploring the beaches, eateries and just plain fun of the West Side of Michigan, cuddling and gazing deeply into glorious little eyes.  How I miss them as they return to Manhattan.  This morning, I was thinking about what I wish for them and for our next little one due in October and stumbled upon this:

Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the common place, the slaves of the ordinary.

Ralph Waldo Emerson – thank you for so many insights about how one can select to be in this world.  Life is so fast and fragile for blah, beige, mediocre, mundane, ordinary.

 

Life is calling . . .  Today’s the day . . . Make this moment matter!! 

Learn Lavishly. Live Significantly. Leave a Legacy.

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Wednesday Wisdom

Seed tomorrow with wise unknowing today

 I’ve heard and understood the saying, “You don’t know what you don’t know.”  Yet, there are still so many things that still befuddle me.  Our daughter, her husband and our two precious grandsons are home for a family wedding – yay me!  Auntie Manda served a beautiful dinner last night, of course with lots of veggies. Out oldest grandson (three years old) was doing quite a choreographed dance around the asparagus until Auntie said:

Oh my, I gave you too much asparagus . . . let me take some away, or you’ll have sticky pee!

Quickly, he responds, Stinky pee?  I don’t believe I’ve ever seen a food devoured that fast!  We raised two daughters.  If I made such a statement, I think that may have been the last time they considered putting the veggie near their lips! I don’t know what I don’t know . . . with our third grandson is on his way, the learning awaits!

 

Life is calling . . .  Today’s the day . . . Make this moment matter!! 

Learn Lavishly. Live Significantly. Leave a Legacy.

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Educator, Consultant, Coach, Facilitator, Professional Speaker
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