| “Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.” ~John Lennon~ The river doesn’t wait. The heron lifted off the bank three seconds ago. The light hit the water in a way it won’t again today. Your kid just looked over to see if you were watching. Were you? Eyes up, friend. The good stuff isn’t in the feed. It’s right in front of you. The Dude 🐸 Thought for the Day Today, put it down for one hour. Just one. See what you notice. |
“Be impeccable with your word.”~ Don Miguel Ruiz ~ Five words. The first agreement. Sounds simple. It’s not. Every word is a seed. It lands somewhere — in someone else, in yourself. Say something true, something kind — it grows into that. Say something careless — that grows too. How many times do we say…
“Love doesn’t just sit there like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new.” ~Ursula K. Le Guin~ Just to be clear. The Dude is not a self-help guru. He’s not an expert on anything. He doesn’t have a degree on the wall or a bestseller on the shelf….
“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.”~Mahatma Gandhi~ Meet Tater…also known as The Putzer around The River. Every morning, same diner, same time — 5:48 AM, first one through the door. Then straight to work with his hands, building things that last. If you ask anyone on…
“If I stand in the center of a Hula Hoop, all the territory inside the hula hoop is my concern, my business, and within my power to change. Everything outside of it is none of my business, and out of my control.”~Hula Hoop Larry~ Picture a hula hoop, dropped right at your feet. Everything inside…
“The opposite of addiction is not sobriety. The opposite of addiction is connection.”~ Johann Hari ~ We breathed. We opened our eyes to change. We made a commitment. Now here’s the part nobody tells you. All of that inner work — it doesn’t mean anything if we’re still doing it alone. The phone in your…
“Whatever you call it — it’s enough.”~ The Dude ~ It’s hard to deny there’s something bigger than us as we watch a morning sunrise. The Dude 🐸 Thought for the DayToday I choose to lean on my higher power — not be it.