Is it lending a helping hand? Knowing all the answers on the test? Looking good all the time? How do you define "general awesomeness"? More importantly after you define it, walk it, talk it, live it! Love Always - Coach J
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There is a saying "Absence makes the heart grow fonder." Its intent is that the love that you do not have at all times becomes stronger through its absence. Relaying this to any relationship I agree that everyone needs some working space. However I ask you to consider that all great relationships are based on presence. You need to be there in times of need as well as times of victory. You also need to be present during regular humdrum day to day operations. Present means in the moment, fully attentive, actively listening and engaged. Take time away to work on yourself but never be absent for the sake of trying to make another "fonder". Love Always - Coach J The simple act of speaking to people in public and not having any expectation of where the conversation will go is an amazing gift. I have not ever been a person to just "strike up" a conversation. I have been adding this to my daily routine and I am meeting the most amazing and interesting people, many of them aligned with my purpose. Some have a one or two pass exchange, others I have grown to keep in touch with. You may not find a gem everytime you uncover your surroundings, but you never will if you never uncover at all. They have been there all along, they are there right now - take a moment just to say hello. Love Always - Coach J In team sports there is a term of Most Valuable Player. One player cannot win or lose a game. However one player can lead, guide, and inspire his team to victory. What spirit do you bring to your team? Do you have an MVP spirit? Are you willing to play like the MVP even if you are not recoginsed? Give it a try, the payoff is not in others naming you MVP but in the journey of pushing yourself and inspiring your team. Love Always - Coach J You must experience mountains that stand over 14,000 feet. The view from the planes below, and especially the view from atop will make you feel larger and smaller at the same time. As you approach them you'll find the foothills, then as you asend you'll start to see the timberline. You are amongst the clouds, the air is thin but you have never had cleaner air to breathe. Love Always - Coach J Air being displaced for us to travel through the clouds. Arriving at a destination thousands of miles away within hours. Making our world bigger and smaller at the same time makes me reflect on a saying "as infinite as the universe (outside of our body) so is our biology (inside our body)." Infinite wisdom and creation for us to explore. Love Always - Coach J Please don't waste today on tomorrows expectations. I believe in planning and preparation, but I am not a fan of enjoying a beautiful summer afternoon in the breeze with someone lamenting over the "fact" that Summer is over due to the date on the calendar. Today and in the moment, Summer is all there is. Enjoy it, breathe it in, it will pass when it is time and there will be something else to enjoy. Love Always _ Coach J |
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