https://youtu.be/SQuyCc1Cuac
So just what is in your
L U N C H B O X. . .
Maybe the bigger question is:
just
what
are
you
w i l l i n g
t o
s h a r e. . .
and the greatest question yet:
A R E Y O U ?
The Happiness BEAST
S i m p l e Q u e s t i o n:
W H A T M A K E S Y O U H A P P Y ?
A good Cigar
Some fine music
Adult Beverage
A Book
A Beautiful Outside Setting
? ? ? ? ?
Not for everyone, huh?
Is there that overwhelming
100%
slam-dunk
one-size-fits-and-pleases-all
solution to
W O R L D
or
p e r s o n a l
H A P P I N E S S
Hmmmmmmmmmmmm. . .
the answer might not
uhhhh make yoiu
h a p p y. . .
Maybe it’s just being overemphasized;
Did you know that
H A P P I N E S S
has it’s own it’s own
h o l i d a y ?
Just a few years ago
The General Assembly of the United Nations
proclaimed MARCH 20
to the be the
International Day of Happiness. . .
Oops. . .
I missed it;
I didn’t celebrate. . .
But it is easy to see why
H A P P I N E S S
is worth celebrating:
Happy people are healthier;
they get sick less often
THEY LIVE L O N G E R
Happy people have better realtionships
more friends
make more money
are more productive at work. . .
Based on decades of research
it’s become very clear
that Happiness is not just a personal issue;
it’s a matter of public health,
global economics
and natural well being
B U T
it’s subjective, isn’t it?
THE GREATER GOOD SCIENCE CENTER
(Yes, it really does exist–Google it)
They simply recommend through
S C I E N T I F I C S T U D Y
ACKNOWLEDGE THE GOOD
(WRITE DOWN 3 THINGS A DAY YOU ARE GRATEFUL )
ADD HAPPINESS THROUGH SUBTRACTION
(GIVE IT UP PRACTICE–GIVE UP WHAT YOU REALLY LIKE JUST FOR A LITTLE BIT OF TIME SO YOU CAN APPRECIATE IT EVEN ALL THE MORE)
FIND MEANING AND PURPOSE
(TAKE PICTURES OF PEOPLE AND THINGS THAT ARE MEANINGFUL TO YOU AND LITERALLY JOURNAL FOR 15 MINUTES A DAY JUST ABOUT YOUR IDEAL FUTURE AND WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE)
USE YOUR STRENGTH
(PICK ONE OF YOUR STRENGTHS AND USE IT EXCLUSIVELY IN A NEW AND DIFFERENT WAY FOR A WEEK AND THEN ANOTHER AND THEN ANOTHER. . . )
CONNECT WITH OTHERS
(JUST DO FIVE RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS A DAY–NOT OVER A WEEK, BUT A DAY FOR A WEEK; STUDIES SHOUT THAT WHEN YOU DO–GIVE–IT SIGNIFICANTLY MAKES YOU HAPPIER)
WHAT REALLY MAKES YOU HAPPY ?
It’s different for everyone
T H A N K F U L L Y
QUICK ANSWER:
WHATEVER FEEDS YOUR SOUL
but you’ve got to
ACTUALLY FEED YOUR SOUL
it won’t happen
through osmosis
IF HAPPINESS IS A TRAIN
YOU DON’T HAVE TO RIDE THE CABOOSE
OR JUST BE A PASSENGER
WATING TO GO TO THE DINING CAR
ENGINEER THAT TRAIN
AND TOOT-TOOT YOURSELF DOWN THE TRACK
NOT TO HAPPINESS
BUT TO YOUR
S E V E N T H H E A V E N
SEE YOU AT THE STATION!
CHOOO-CHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
When Generosity is More than a W O R D
Do you have one?
Do you remember a time when you actually saw an
A C T O F G E N E R O S I T Y ?
Erin, my wife, gave this Parka from Alaska via a Thrift store, right off her back on a cold winter day when she saw someone she recognized, who rode his bike everyday from his house to a local coffee shop, now in a cold snow storm, without a coat.
A friend, Terry, did the same thing a few years ago. A group of us from Church made sandwiches, bought gloves to literally pass out to the homeless on a cold, Sunday afternoon. We literally had given everything we came downtown to give and there was one, cold gentleman who got there late and asked if there was anything left; the sandwiches, gloves, hats had all been distributed, but Terry literally took off her coat and sweatshirt and gave it to the man.
I just heard about a guy on an airplane who actually tipped the Flight Attendant a $100.00 for the amazing job she did serving during the flight.
He was standing at a Stop Light in front of a Strip Mall with a Panera Bread. As I came up to the light he was standing there just holding a sign. . .no bucket or anything to collect money. He wasn’t aggressive. . .just standing there holding a sign I’ve never seen anyone E V E R hold before:
S E E K I N G H U M A N K I N D N E S S
I rolled down the window and for the first time in my life,
gave a $10 d o l l a r b i l l
and the meal we had just bought. . .
I never knew that such an offering could buy such an expression on someone’s face;
Do you have one?
Do you remember a time when you actually saw an
A C T O F G E N E R O S I T Y ?
There is no way to ever measure,
is there,
the exact effect it had on the
O N E
who actually received such an act of generosity–
F O R G E T T H A T
Having witnessed an Act of Generosity…
WHAT EFFECT DID IT HAVE ON YOU?
Has it worn off?
Did it inspire you to
GO AND DO LIKEWISE ?
G e n e r o u s A C T S
will do that…
so do the TELLING
so do the HEARING
of such acts. . . .
DO TELL
S H A R E
so that WE will not only get the benefit. . .
but be inspired to make our own
Stories of Generosity
to be witnessed
to tell
to be told
to experience
to inspire yet even more
to tell
to be told
to experience
to inspire
to make
G E N E R O S I T Y
more than just a mere
WORD. . .
DO TELL
S H A R E
What’s
Y O U R S T O R Y ?
A True VICTOR
Are you a Victim
or a
V I C T O R ?
Or just a
Chuck,
Erin,
Sam,
Henry,
Danica,
Johnny,
Joe,
an Anybody. . .
Somebody. . .
Nobody. . . ?
About once a month we get free buffets at the Horseshoe Casino
Great Dinner. . .
but the
S E R V I C E
was way beyond ordinary;
V i c t o r
He seated us
and poured out ice teas
and then gave us some complimentary bottled waters. . .
He got real excited when he announced
that he had something very special for us,
and he even more excited
when he brought some special made appetizers. . .
did I mention that this was a b u f f e t
and not some Four-Star restaurant?
He brought us back fancy desserts
that weren’t up on the dessert tray. . .
He couldn’t be more accommodating and kind;
He got a little embarrassed
when I asked him about himself
and how long he had been working here at the casino. . .
He said he loved
w a i t i n g
on people
and that we had been great people to serve. . .
W O W
I was watching the other servers,
but no one was running around like Victor. . .
No one was giving
who they were serving
anything e x t r a. . .
I even saw a few roll their eyes
when someone had left them a less than satisfactory tip. . .
Victor was a most excellent
S E R V E R
A True Caring Catalyst
I gave him a huge tip that night. . .
He was very grateful and very surprised;
I told him that he was most excellent and he
m a d e
our night extra ordinary. . .
I have him a big tip
but he had given me a
t i p
much larger
and even more significant:
S E R V E P E O P L E
MORE THAN THE EXPECT OR DESERVE
WITHOUT ANY EXPECTATION OF ANYTHING IN RETURN
He made me ask a question
a r e a l q u e s t i o n:
Am I more of a
V i c t i m
or a
V I C T O R ?
Victor showed me that no matter what Color
No matter what your Race,
No matter what your Creed,
No matter what your Gender,
No matter what your political Persuasion,
You can still serve others by serving in the best way possible;
Victor showed me that it’s not about
doing for others as you would have them do unto you
so much as serving others as they would like
in a most perfect way. . .
Victor s h o w e d
that it’s not about giving people what they deserve,
it’s about just giving to others
j u s t b e c a u s e
Are you?
Are you more
A Victim
or
A V i c t o r?
Psssssssssssssst:
S H O W M E. . .
better still
S H O W O T H E R S
(lots of them)
o f t e n
https://youtu.be/b-xScLIevw0
LOVE HAS NO LABELS. . .
if that were
ONLY T R U E
if that were
ONLY THE NORM
and not the
n o n s t a n a r d
Love Has No Labels
is a movement to open our eyes to there unconscious bias. . .
While the vast majority of Americans
consider themselves
UNPREJUDICED
many of us unintentionally make snap judgements
about people
based on what we see–
whether it’s
race
age
gender
religion
sexuality
or disability
By becoming aware of our own
b i a s e s
WE can work to end bias
in ourselves,
our families
our friends
our communities. . .
Hmmmmmmmmm of the DAY:
WE NEED AN ORGANIZED MOVEMENT
to show us we need
LOVE WITH NO LABELS
Let’s make it this Simple:
Challenge that;
Inspire that;
Mirror that;
Share that;
B E T H A T
(not often)
A L L – W A Y S !
TABLE’D U P
https://youtu.be/vDuA9OPyp6I
A R E Y O U H U N G R Y ?
For what?
Steak?
Potatoes?
Salad?
Broccoli?
Corn?
Mashed Potatoes?
Spanish Rice?
Shrimp and Grits?
Ribs?
Eggs, Bacon and Homefries?
A Grande Breve Latte?
Cake?
Pie?
Sherbert?
Rootbeer Float?
Milkshake?
Cookies?
Candy Bars?
Tic Tac’s?
Gum?
Popcorn?
Well. . .
that which feeds you,
r e a l l y
r e a l l y
feeds you. . .
E A T Y O U R F I L L
Feed the Beast
and Feed it often
until you’re slothingly
F U L L
and. . .
don’t go hungry
ever again. . .
and more. . .
f e e d a n o t h e r
and really take care
of the
hunger problem!
Maybe what the world needs now
is just a huge table full of
hungry people
willing to share
t h e i r b e s t s
to the left
and right of them
and not being ashamed
to go for the
s e c o n d s
or
t h i r d s. . .
T a b l e U P
Bon appetit
The H A N D
I’ve got to
H A N D I T
to you. . .
no pun intended!
Really. . .
It’s never the Hand
you’ve been dealt. . .
Go ahead. . .
finish the cliche. . .
it’s the way you play it!
W R O N G !
When I do my presentation:
DID YOU HEAR WHAT I DIDN’T SAY,
I always H A N D
everyone a card as they walk in
and then I let them choose one on their own. . .
Most ask,
“Am I allowed to look ?” or
“What’s this for ?”
Then I forget about it. . .
almost until the middle to end of my talk;
I tell them to take their cards and ask:
“W H O W O N ?”
It’s amazing to me how many people
tell me that they have won and why. . .
. . .Say’s Who ?
“Why did you win?”
I ask,
don’t we know what game we’re playing and more. . .
here’s the clincher:
W H A T A R E T H E R U L E S ?
We play
U N A N N O U N C E D
G a m e s
e v e r y d a y
and as if that’s bad enough,
what’s worse,
we’re trying to F I G U R E
out the rules
let alone being willing to play by them;
Each person,
friend,
family,
stranger
deals up a set of cards for us
and the Game is O N !
The most important Language you’ll ever Speak
or Hear
is the one you’ll never utter or detect by sound,
but begging to be understood. . .
Pssssssssst of the Day:
It’s never the Hand you’ve been dealt,
or the Hand you’ve had
or are currently holding right now. . .
It’s Not the Hand you’re playing—
It’s the Hand you are Extending. . .
the hand you are Sharing. . .
the Hand you’re Giving. . .
and yes, most importantly,
the Hand you’re holding
(THAT’S ATTACHED TO ANOTHER ARM)!
NEVER let the hand you’re dealt
interfere with the
H a n d y o u E x t e n d. . .
The Other PERCENT
Sadly,
we don’t have to be Mathematicians
to know about Percentages, do we?
It makes us ask some fairly significant
UN-Mathematic Questions:
Is “G O O D E N O U G H,”
g o o d e n o u g h ?
O U C H
of the day just might be to actually take the time to consider the
99.9%’s of our lives and how
T H E Y J U S T A R E N ‘ T G O O D E N O U G H:
* The IRS would lose 2 million documents this year
* 22,000 checks will be deducted from the wrong bank account in the next hour
* Telecommunications companies will misdirect 1, 314 telephone calls every minute
* 2,4800 books will be shipped with the wrong covers on them each day
* More than 5.5 million cases of soft drinks in the next year will be flat
* 20,000 incorrect drug prescriptions will be written each year
* 12 babies will be given to the wrong parents each day
Uhhhhh, being GOOD ENOUGH
is just not being GOOD ENOUGH
any way you add, subtract, multiply or divide the percentages.
How about we switch it up a little.
IF ALL OF THOSE NEGATIVE THINGS COULD HAPPEN
by not giving our 99.9%
What ONE POSITIVE THING could possibly happen if
F O R E V E R
we actually just gave our .1% of Compassion–FULLY–
U N D I L U T E D ?
Seriously, if a little bad can destroy a lot of good. . .
CAN’T A LITTLE GOOD OBLITERATE A LOT OF TERRIBLE?
Pssssssst: Here’s the things about Percentages–
They’re meant to be challenged and yes, surpassed;
When it comes to DOING GOOD, the numbers seldom add up. . .
Most Compassionate Acts of Kindness never do. . .
Love THOSE Odds!
Is GOOD ENOUGH,
g o o d e n o u g h ?
No. . .
Concentrated Compassion
is better. . .
ALL–WAYS!
The O T H E R P E R C E N T
n e v e r l i e s !
A Hearing Heart
“IT WAS THE BEST OF TIMES, IT WAS THE WORST OF TIMES, IT WAS THE AGE OF WISDOM, IT WAS THE AGE OF FOOLISHNESS, IT WAS THE EPOCH OF BELIEF, IT WAS THE EPOCH OF INCREDULITY, IT WAS THE SEASON OF LIGHT, IT WAS THE SEASON OF DARKNESS, IT WAS THE SPRING OF HOPE, IT WAS THE WINTER OF DESPAIR, WE HAD EVERYTHING BEFORE US, WE HAD NOTHING BEFORE US, WE WERE ALL GOING DIRECT TO HEAVEN, WE WERE ALL GOING DIRECT THE OTHER WAY–IN SHORT, THE PERIOD WAS SO FAR LIKE THE PRESENT PERIOD, THAT SOME OF ITS NOISIEST AUTHORITIES INSISTED ON BEING RECEIVED, FOR GOOD OR FOR EVIL, IN THE SUPERLATIVE DEGREE OF COMPARISON ONLY….”
The words were written by Charles Dickens in 1859 or
Y E S T E R D A Y
They’re timeless because they weren’t written by pen on paper but something much more sacred:
H E A R T
Did you hear?
A real Heart does more than just beat. . .
A real Heart Sees
A real Heart Hears
A real Heart Speaks
A real Heart
F E E L S
. . .the story of more than 700 years ago is told of a sick man who was weeping bitterly. Someone went up to him and asked, “Why are you crying?”
The sick man answered, “I am crying to attract the pity of God’s Heart.”
The other said, “You’re talking nonsense, for God doesn’t have a physical heart.”
The sick man replied, “It’s you who are wrong. He is the owner of all the Hearts that exist. It’s through your heart that you can make your connection with all other hearts and the One who created the Beat in each one. . . .”
It’s not only the message of all Hearts, but all Faiths.
When our Hearts are open to the needs of others. . .it’s THEN
that they become the true Instruments not only that they were always meant to be…
but the truest Tools of Compassionate Change.
Cries, they take many different forms. . .
Seldom do we H E A R what’s inside the cries:
Loneliness
Hurt
Disappointment
Un-Met Expectations
Loss
Pain
or________________________
. . .”It’s the best of times, it’s the worst of times. . . “
The Heart that cries needs Heard
By the HEART that’s never Deaf,
Blind,
Mute
of Unfeeling. . .
There’s only one true question—ever—
I S T H A T H E A R T,
is that Heart,
Y O U R ‘ S. . . ?
Transplanted
THIS BLOG POST IS NOT A STORY ABOUT
D O N O R ‘ S or R E C I P I E N T S. . .
This is a blog posting about
T r a n s p l a n t s. . .
This is a blog posting about
A L L T H I N G S B E C O M I N G N E W. . .
As we are literally just a days p a s t of Old becoming the New
—-A G A I N—-
How is it that this special Transplant will take hold and not be rejected?
It all comes down to
One Word
One Person
Y O U !
What’s going to be refurbished?
What’s going to be Begun?
What’s going to be so far left behind that no high-powered Rearview mirror could detect?
What’s going to be Habit?
What’s going to be discarded?
What’s going to be Finished?
What’s going to be seen that’s been unseen?
What’s going to be heard that’s been muted?
Have you actually lived
The Best Year of Your Life ?
The answer to each of these questions are more
f u n d a m e n t a l ly i n d i v i d u a l
than your own heart beat or finger print. . .
The answer, in fact, is all about
Y O U !
So. . .
begin taking inventory. . .
Really find out
The WHAT
The HOW-COME-
The WHY
of it all
and just don’t carry the box load
of your old self
over to a different selected place and call it:
N E W !
Make THAT Heart beat count in the very best of all ways:
By making others feel. . .
hear it. . .
O F T E N !
The truest Transplant is something you donate and receive simultaneously
And not only is it NOT rejected but the
Truest Transplant is everlasting from year to year!
You’re on
The List. . .
Get a Transplant!
And more. . .
Give an Old Heart
a New B E A T
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