SUNRISE - January 5, 2011

“Pick my left pocket of its silver dime, but spare the right - it holds my golden time!”  ~Oliver Wendell Holmes

How often have we/do we sell our golden time in exchange for  a silver dime?  The ultimate trick is to have a means of adequate ‘silver dime’ income to live by doing what you love enough to rationalize its depletion of your ‘golden time’, valued-moments bank account.

I am struggling with the concept of retiring – not because I have enough money – it is rather that I fear I won’t have enough TIME to finish all of my starts.  I have buckets of wooden ‘round to its’ strewn throughout my little kingdom.  I am desirous of getting to more of those little ‘round-to-its’, as they have no real value to anyone other than me. 

January 5, 20121 Sunrise 7:24 am

I am thinking that I would like to become adequate (seriously, just adequate would be a grand achievement) at a myriad of personal desires, such as, building birdhouses, large decorative wall clocks, Chinese brush painting and calligraphy to name a few.  To blog all day and play good ol’ rock–n-roll bass guitar all night would be a lovely path to follow, as I slide inevitably down to the cliffs overlooking the sea. 

  "Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens." – Epictetus

 [Note as it is my endeavor to post daily - i share that there was some dark wormhole in the internet universe last night and for the life of me could not get this to post.]

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SUNRISE - January 4, 2011

For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin - real life.  But there was always some obstacle in the way.  Something to be got through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid.  Then life would begin.  At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life.  ~Alfred D'Souz

If a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, when, where and how does the journey to one's ultimate realization of the meaning of their life begin?

January 4, 2011 Sunrise 7:34 am

It is said that we are all born knowing the truth of everything.  We then spend our lives  wandering, denying the truth we already know, trying to find a more convenient truth.  If we are fortunate, we grasp the idiocy of this path before we die and regain that which was always ours.


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"Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have 24 hour days."- Zig Ziglar

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SUNRISE - January 3, 2011

The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what you want most for what you want now.  - Zig Ziglar

January 3, 2011 Sunrise 7:24 am

This is a very difficult concept to grasp when you are younger as what what you want most and what you want now seem to be one in the same.


As one gets older and acquires more of what you want now, hopefully, one also gains a bit more wisdom regarding what one wants most.  It is easy to get caught up in the concept that a "thing" will give you what you want, when in reality, the "thing", at most, is just the stepping stone to what one wants most.

"The most important things in life are not things."  - Art Buchwald

Self confidence, love, satisfaction,  knowledge, freedom, TIME, etc.; these are what we want most.  A car, a house, a spouse, a job, a phone, a computer, new clothes, etc.  is how we think we will gain the 'what we want most'.


TIME is an enemy when one permits emotions such as: unhappiness, desolation, illness, loneliness, anger, fear, etc. take control of your thoughts.

TIME is at its greatest worth when one permits emotions such as: happiness, self-confidence, appreciation, acceptance, understanding, love, etc. to have dominance in your soul.


Like the law of supply and demand, items in great supply have a lower perceived value than those that are in short supply. Diamonds, gold, real estate in a desired area, come to mind, but what about TIME?  When one is younger and in good health, TIME is infinite and its value diminishes as TIME is wasted and spent on frivolous endeavors.


When one departs on a vacation with a clear destination and goal in sight and a specific amount of TIME to get there, to enjoy the moments and then return home, we are very conscious and appreciative of our days and hours.  You have to make reservations, plan the itinerary, pack clothes, get your tickets, get to the airport/port/bus at a specific time, so you can arrive at the destination at the desired time, so you can have the maximum pleasure and see and do everything that your allotted TIME will allow.


How many interesting events, places and things to do are right in our own back yard that we have never seen, done, or visited, but that others that live far away, will plan, pack and travel here to spend their valuable TIME enjoying what we take for granted.  We have no sense of urgency, because we have "all the TIME" in the world.

One day one discovers that there is indeed a limited amount of time and the moments become much more precious and the greatest pleasures of TIME are not 100 or 1000 miles away.  It is right where we are.

All that really belongs to us is time; even he who has nothing else has that.  - Baltasar Gracian

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SUNRISE - January 2, 2011

"Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right." - Oprah Winfrey

January 2, 2011 Sunrise 7:24 am

So, here we go.  We are off and running for another New Year.  I suppose some think their new year may be just another hopeless rendition of all the other years.  Some have ill regard for their past year and 'hope and pray' for a good year to replace the past year(s) disappointments.  Control what you can, absorb and use the rest.  Intend for your year to be better and good chances are - it just may turn out that way.  Magnetically speaking, attract what you want in your life with a positive attitude.

It is true that circumstances occur in each of our "year of TIME" that we cannot control.  Accidents, weather, the economy, taxes, or the passing of a loved one, are all pretty much beyond our ability to personally control.  We do, however, have a great deal of control over how we allow these uncontrollable events to impact our precious TIME and for the length of time we allow it to affect us.

Every golden moment of every day has its value.  How we decide to live that moment is truly ours, regardless of the circumstance of environment around us.  Great musical works of art were created by Jewish composers while interred in concentration camps during WWII; while others around them lived their days in dark despair.  The common man would never wish these conditions upon another human being, however, the unconscionable environment was the same for both.  The deciding factor was one of human choice, living by intent, exerting personal control over seemingly uncontrollable circumstances.

We should all live our lives with well-crafted intent.  We should intend to be happy and satisfied.  We should readjust our goals daily.  We need to constantly fine tune our goals and plans to get that 'radio dial signal' of control to be just right.  All musical instruments need to be regularly tuned to keep the sound the way it was intended.  We should re-tune our direction daily to be the instrument for which we were intended.

Sometimes a seemingly impenetrable roadblock will appear in your chosen path.  Accept the detour.  Make it your new path by choice, not by denial or submission.  Enjoy the scenery along the new way.  You just might find it a pretty good ride.


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The Road not Taken

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood
and sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
and looked down one as far as I could
to where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
and having perhaps the better claim
because it was grassy and wanted wear;
though as for that, the passing there
had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
in leaves no feet had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I --
I took the one less travelled by,
and that has made all the difference

...Robert Frost

“So often we allow life to dictate to us how we live and what we do. We become a victim of our own circumstances with no purpose, design or intent. Living a life of intent means we take charge of our lives and direct ourselves to whom and where we want to be. Intent won't just happen it takes effort and commitment.”  

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SUNRISE January 1, 2011

January 1, 2011 Sunrise 7:25 am

"Every man should be born again on the first day of January.  Start with a fresh page.  Take up one hole more in the buckle if necessary, or let down one, according to circumstances; but on the first of January let every man gird himself once more, with his face to the front, and take no interest in the things that were and are past."  ~Henry Ward Beecher

Made it!.  Going through some rather invasive Cancer treatment in the latter part of 2008, there were moments when I was confronted with deep and dark concerns about my limited future here on beautiful planet earth.  Due to the miracle of this era's modern medicine and to perhaps a certain extent, the power of positive thinking, I have arrived safe and sound, baggage in hand, eyes open in wonderment over the infinite possibilities of what 2011 will bring.

"The Old Year has gone.  Let the dead past bury its own dead.  The New Year has taken possession of the clock of time.  All hail the duties and possibilities of the coming twelve months!"  ~Edward Payson Powell

May we all successfully bury the old demons, embrace (with accolades to W.E. Henley) 'whatever Gods there may be', and stay and finish strong in our most precious endeavors.

 It's a new dawn, it's a new day, it's a new life for me, and I'm feeling' good." - Adam Lambert song

Happy New Year
1/1/11


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