I came across this quote (that I need to remind myself of more often) in one of my company’s newsletters:
“Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling five balls in the air. You name them – work, family, health, friends, and spirit – and you’re keeping all of these in the air. You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. But the other four balls – family, health, friends, and spirit are made of glass. If you drop one of these, they will be irrevocably scuffed, marked, nicked, [ ... ]
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Apr 2008
I came across this quote (that I need to remind myself of more often) in one of my company’s newsletters:
“Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling five balls in the air. You name them – work, family, health, friends, and spirit – and you’re keeping all of these in the air. You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. But the other four balls – family, health, friends, and spirit are made of glass. If you drop one of these, they will be irrevocably scuffed, marked, nicked, [ ... ]
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Jan 2008
In doing some more thinking about the movie, “The Bucket List,” and how it applies to my own life, it made me think of all of the things I’ve avoided doing or trying in my life because of my weight. The fear of using too much money and not saving for a rainy day weren’t the only things holding me back.
There are so many situations I avoided or turned down because I felt uncomfortable with who I was and how I looked. I avoided just about any new situation that had the potential for embarrassment, any situation in which I [ ... ]
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Jan 2008
I went to see the movie, “The Bucket List,” yesterday morning. I really enjoyed it and it made me do some thinking. The premise is that these two men (Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman) have learned that they have six months to a year left to live, so they create this Bucket List, or a list of things they want to do before they “kick the bucket.” Morgan Freeman’s character in the movie states statistics in which they asked 1000 people whether they would want to know the exact date of their death. He said that 96% of the people stated they [ ... ]
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Tags: bucket list, death, jack nicholson, life, morgan freeman, thoughts 2 Comments
