Posts Tagged ‘passionate’
Monday Love
It's a great feeling when you're doing something that you love. Even on a Monday. I was getting on the elevator today and this guy gets on with me. He was only going to the 2nd floor and I was headed all the way up to 12. So I didn't have him with me for much of the trip... He was talking to someone as he boarded and he was laughing and smiling when he jumped in and pressed the appropriate button. "Are you having a good time so far today?" he asked me, as he continued laughing a little bit. (Whatever it was he was talking [...]
Late Bloomer
Have you ever been up really late at night and come up with what you thought was an absolutely brilliant idea? Something you were going to do or say or start? Then, in the morning, you wondered how you could ever have imagined such a thing, so you decide not to pursue it? Come on, I can't be the only one! Well, whether I am or not, I'm going to write my thoughts about it... As best I can tell, those late night sessions when we are operating in a state that we might typically refer to as delirium, are really inspiration at it's [...]
Permanent Vacation
PVTS is something you probably haven't heard of. I'm saying that because I actually made it up. I consider it to be a very serious condition that seems to affect nearly every adult American every single year. It often has no symptoms and can begin to consume seemingly happy and healthy people as quickly as any disease in the history of the world. Characteristics of this horrible ailment include a lack of energy and motivation, half-heartedness in every endeavor, boredom, non-production, a yearning for the recent past, and an [...]
The Magic of Believing
It was 3am on Christmas morning, and all through the house, a couple of creatures were stirring...in fact, I thought for an instant that we were being robbed. I jumped up from my bed, adrenalin flowing, and started toward the stairs. As I arrived at the top, I realized that it wasn't burglars, unless they had turned all of the lights on downstairs and were playing with the toys that the kids had received from Santa Claus. As I made my way down, it all unfolded right before my very eyes...there they were, my two little [...]
Kid Stuff
My kids really inspire me. I listen to them, and watch them, and just think that it is such a wonderful life for those who can live in a world of endless possibilities. No limits. Now right away I can hear you thinking, "Sure Mike, it's a great life to be a kid. No responsibility, no job, no family to take care of, no bills to pay, no stress, of course they are happy all the time!" And I would say, well, you've got a point...but I would also ask you to consider how truly happy they are. And consider how much happiness they [...]
Take a Second to Become the Best
The idea of being the best at something will no doubt stir all of us in some way. Try this little exercise – think about the concept of being the best for a moment - what feelings comes over you or what pictures pop into your head? I imagine when most people think about being the best, thoughts of Michael Jordan or Oprah Winfrey or Robert DeNiro immediately manifest in their minds and they think something like, “I could never be like them. Well, I could, but only if…(fill in one of 1,001 excuses here).” It feels pretty [...]
