At all costs, be a friend.
We need this more than any other label you can earn, learn, choose, or become.
“Friendship is born at that moment when one man says to another: “What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .” C.S. Lewis
Ashton.Gustafson
Pause by the orchid. Listen to the bluebird sing. Be love.
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The Soil & The Gardener = The Garden
Making notes tonight in preparation for a message I get to share in the transitioning colors of Vermont next week.
Here are some….
This life finds us hovering above the soil that holds the potential for gardens of growth, lessons learned, attention to detail, awareness, and appreciation of beauty. For some reason I can’t rid my thoughts of the law of the harvest and the law of compensation these days.
You can’t separate the soil and gardener from of the garden itself. Without each other, the garden doesn’t exist.
How does your garden grow and grow well? It begins with a gardener that is fully present and fully aware of his responsibility and duty to be gardening in the first place.
Weeds are synonymous with noise and SPAM.
Beauty is produced. Beauty is bloomed. Beauty bursts through the dirt after a seed is sown.
To be in continued…
Do yourself a favor…
Tagged blog, business, decision fatigue, decisions, goals, life, ltmp, muscle groups, passion, purpose, success, work ethicJiro Dreams of Sushi
Isn’t it great when a film sneaks up on you and leaves you with more than a head full of Milk Duds? That is what happened to me this weekend with Jiro Dreams of Sushi. (Streams for free for Amazon Prime customers)
The documentary follows an 85-year-old sushi master, Jiro Ono, in Japan. It gives the viewer a look into his seventy-plus years of showing up everyday, studying his craft, getting better, and learning the art of sushi.
If you are purist, you’ll love it. If you’re a foodie, you’ll want to book a ticket to Japan to experience Jiro’s restaurant. If you aren’t either, you’ll be both by the time the credits roll. And if you think you’ve learned enough about your business, art, craft, and life, it will ask you to open another book and learn some more.
I had one major takeaway: don’t allow good to keep you from better.
(Pardon two posts about sushi in one week. When the student is ready, the teacher appears)
Gathering Color(s)
All sorts of colors show up when our heads are up, our eyes are wide open, and our ears are bent appropriately.
How bright are the colors that shine when we’re present with our moments and paused in wonderment of the galaxies that hold what’s next?
Vast varieties of colors with no names – just universal vibes – arrive when a soul offers availability to learn, a heart is checked by such a learned soul, and an open mind is sustained by such an in check heart.
A work of art starts with the work of gathering something to paint with…immediately followed by having something to paint for.
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