Donald Miller has done it again with his latest memoir, Scary Close.
I’m halfway through it, and confident and comfortable sending you to Amazon to get it.
Here’s what I’m gathering in the pages….How do you spell fear? c.h.a.n.g.e.
Ashton.Gustafson
Pause by the orchid. Listen to the bluebird sing. Be love.
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Campfires
The things that we talk about around campfires are what we forget to talk about in our families, businesses, and routine connections.
Faith kindles the flame.
Hope finds another log.
Love stokes the embers.
The Magic Doesn’t Wait On Us
So you didn’t read Dr. Seuss last night to your child when you had the chance to? What if last night’s magic may not be there tonight? Sure, you are 35 years old for 12 months, but a child is only 3 years and 331 days old for a day.
The candles glow on the dinner table with just enough light to illuminate the table and the faces that surround it. Inch tall flames dance so we may experience and take in this ancient tradition all the while they’re whispering to us, “be here”. Magic. And then the magic of the flame is robbed by screens with faces lit by check-ins, status updates, pins, and tweets all in the name of heart-shaped like buttons.
Gratitude has its longevity, but the beauty of its weight is felt and found immediately when it is initially laid upon us. Take the magic that gratitude offers today…no, take it now. Find some paper, write the note, seal it, stamp it, and drop it in the mail. Your words won’t know if they’re on cardstock or scrap paper. The magic is in the inked writing, not the paper. Who needs to know that you have breathed easier because of them?
What has you inspired, fired up, and focused today may not have the same magic tomorrow. Inspiration funds our moments that are to produce a future that excites us. Magic today is for today and tomorrow’s magic will have its own new name and face for you as well.
Carpe diem, carpe magic.
Your Rubik’s Cube
We’re all holding, turning, and working on a metaphorical Rubik’s Cube.
I have mine.
You have yours.
Beautiful, right? Collectively a choir, individually a voice.
If someone asked you, “How does one live well and lead a good life?”…would you be willing to share your cube with them to help them with an answer?
Align the colors…shift the rows…listen to the other side…connect the dots…someone will need your insight soon.
We accept all forms of payment…
…at some point.
Maybe you could pay someone with some help?
Or maybe they could pay you with some insight?
What about encouragement? This is one of the finest and rarest currencies available today…impossible for a check to bounce here.
And then there’s trust, friendship, hope, grace, and love.
Strapped for cash?
Check your wallet for some humanity.
It’s in there.
Even though few are teaching us it’s in there…it’s in there.
You just need to remember to use it.
Ashton.Gustafson 