Einstein once said that ‘your imagination is a preview of life’s coming attraction.’
The Book of Proverbs relays that ‘as a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.’
Dreams happen twice.
Once between your ears and once at your fingertips.
You get up, you shower, you have a cup of coffee, you check your email, you drive to work, you work, you drive home, you have dinner, you watch the news, you go to sleep. The sun rises and then you hit repeat.
Looking straight into the familiar we often neglect to look and listen at what’s around it. We must wander into what’s familiar with an expectation of surprise.
The hope here is that this wandering can lead to a wonder that leads to you having gained new insight, making change, or creating something new from the familiar.
Look and listen to the all too familiar trees around you. Behind the leaves you won’t believe how the once hidden bluebird sings your songs or how she glistens with inspiration and direction.
True or false: It’s hard to get full of wonder when you’re stuffed with familiar.
True.
You could list yours and I could list mine, and chances are that our heroes, different as they may be, have a lot in common with each other.
We bestow the name hero to those that show us tenacity, hustle, love, selflessness, compassion, inspiration, imagination, loyalty, and the like. You can’t hand these things off…they can only be rubbed off on another.
Want to give a gift to someone? Share with them they’re heroism in your life.
Few gifts linger longer than someone speaking truth and gratitude into one’s music they make.
The last days of a year always lead me to reflection. I enjoy looking back, but I’m always even more excited to look ahead.
The connection economy does a great job of connecting us, but it also gives us more ways and options to waste time, lose track of time, and get lost in time.
2013 Fact: There was a massive influx of things made and created for us to disregard our time.
2014 Fact: There will, again, be a massive influx of things for you to disregard your time.
Our economy is now built on the pocket-pickers of time (more ad revenue, right?) and those who willingly are pick-pocketed. It’s a weird waltz that makes the S & P dance, isn’t it?
But this is your time, not theirs.
Start planning today for you to protect it, move into it, and create with it.
We all need more and more of less and less.
…from your career is an experience that opens doors to avenues of other experiences. (Not money)
…from your life is an experience with purpose. (Not popularity)
…from your education is an experience with new data, insight, and enlightenment. (Not a 4.0)
Quick – go to the year 2033 in your mind. That’s just 7,300 sunrises away. Now look back at today.
You’re holding a card in your left hand that reads ‘I wish I had’. In your right hand you’re holding a card that reads ‘I’m glad I did’.
Which one are you holding up?
*Note: Experiments birth experiences.
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