One Day

I don't know what to say about this performance except for the words, "Completely obsessed!"

Let me strongly encourage you to spend five minutes watching this video especially if you have ever wished;

• that things could be different
• that people could get along
• that enemies could be friends
• that common could penetrate difference
• that hope could dispel discouragement
• that light could extinguish darkness
• that calm could banish fear
• that love could crumble hatred
• that joy could restore heartbroken
• that peace could conquer terror
• that the lion could lay with the lamb

If you've ever prayed for a better world, place this song in your heart. Recorded in the city of Haifa, Israel, 3,000 strangers gathered together under one roof for one common purpose. Arab, Muslim, Jew, Christian, and secular people of every age became one voice.  

Will You Just Shut-up?

A beautiful morning presents its gifted self. 

It's 5AM. my hands are warmed with a cup of Costa Rican espresso.  Open windows are inviting crisp clean air to replace stale as if daring to propose that the aroma of roasted coffee beans is inadequate.  

It's dark, cozy and I'm wrapped in a comforting throw while listening to a somewhat-convicting sermon.  (Are they ALL convicting, or is it just me?)

So deeply covered in blackness, only the occasional flicker of headlight can penetrate this darkness while announcing itself with muted sounds of tires on roadways.  

It would be blissfully peaceful.

It would be, except for those --- #@##(#&(*)(_^%(*(**&!> CRICKETS.

Repetition

I need to be reminded.  I need to be reminded ALL the time!

They say a person needs 21 days to develop a habit.  I suspect it doesn't matter if the habit is good or bad.  

They say that when you've committed to something (like exercise), it's okay to skip a day but never skip two in a row.  You will then have destroyed any momentum to continue.

In marketing, there is something called the "Rule of 7". in which 'they say' it takes seven impressions to reach the desired result. 

I'm not really sure who 'they' are, but if you use Google, you can find all kinds of them.  Let's say, for argument's sake, 'they' are right.

So then, here's another, 'they say'.  

It Takes So Little

Appreciation.  I cannot imagine that anyone would deny the importance of gratitude.  I could be wrong, but I just can’t imagine it.

It would seem logical that every one of us likes receiving the occasional pat-on-the-back.  It seems appropriate that recognition for a job well done be a regular occurrence.  

Yeah, I know.  Blah, blah, blah.  This observation is so ordinary as to be inconsequential.  Apparently, I have depleted my store of wisdom, assuming there was a time when the shelves were full.  I now have only the ability to regurgitate what we all know so well.  A Google search for ‘gratitude’ yields 181 million returns.  Already done.  Move on. 

I wish I could.