In a world where you can be anything, be kind.

Every so often, I think about the plans made over the years. Some were usefully completed, but many of them - not so much. In fact, some were outrageous disasters. But there are also the unfulfilled, the ones let go but not forgotten. 

Going back a decade or two, a little reminiscing resurrects one of those ‘unfulfilled but not forgotten’ plans. After spending a few weeks in Costa Rica, I began to plan the move. Yes, I would be one of those ex-pats living in a foreign country. 

So, what brought this to mind now?  

If you have read Atomic Habits, you might already like James Clear. You might already be a subscriber to his weekly newsletter. I sometimes make notes and today I came across this article.

3-2-1: The most important habit, the difference between ambition and entitlement, and friendship. 

Considering Sight

I don’t consider myself stupid. That makes it easier to admit that I do stupid things every so often. So, feel free to sit back and enjoy this one but remember, “Be Kind.”

Not long ago, I worked through my morning routines. On this day, I was looking at a television screen rather than a laptop for my daily inspirational video. Finishing one cup of coffee, I got up and traveled to the kitchen for another.

Coming back, something was odd – wrong even. I felt calm, but my mind was taking me to very scary places at the same time. When looking at the screen, my left eye wasn’t cooperating very well. Was this leftover blurriness just the cloudiness of waking eyes or was something more sinister at play?

Seasons and Lessons

“I like spring, but it is too young. I like summer, but it is too proud. So, I like best of all autumn, because its leaves are a little yellow, its tone mellower, its colours richer, and it is tinged a little with sorrow and a premonition of death. Its golden richness speaks not of the innocence of spring, nor of the power of summer, but of the mellowness and kindly wisdom of approaching age. It knows the limitations of life and is content. From a knowledge of those limitations and its richness of experience emerges a symphony of colours, richer than all, its green speaking of life and strength, its orange speaking of golden content and its purple of resignation and death.” Source: My Country and My People, Lyn Yutang

My inbox held this piece of written art the other day.  It reminded me of the beauty of all seasons and the appreciation I have for each one.  Coming from Minnesota as I do, I cannot match the affirmation of the writer. However, I will agree that this season is exceptionally beautiful as vibrant colors peak.