Mid Life Celebration » Common http://www.midlifecelebration.com Rethink. Reprioritize. Recommit. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:01:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Dear Son, Please Bank On Truth And Common Sense http://www.midlifecelebration.com/dear-son/dear-son-please-bank-on-truth-and-common-sense/ http://www.midlifecelebration.com/dear-son/dear-son-please-bank-on-truth-and-common-sense/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 05:01:54 +0000 jeff noel http://www.MidLifeCelebration.com/?p=14662 Continue reading →]]>

Ponder truth and common sense against all other alternatives.

Dear Son, please bank on truth and common sense:

  • Never get bored with the basics
  • Life’s Big Choices
  • Mind, Body, Spirit, Money, HQ
  • Use your first & middle names to guide you

Work tirelessly, your entire life, to make common sense, common practice.

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]]> http://www.midlifecelebration.com/dear-son/dear-son-please-bank-on-truth-and-common-sense/feed/ 0 Einstein Average Man http://www.midlifecelebration.com/the-herd/einstein-average-man/ http://www.midlifecelebration.com/the-herd/einstein-average-man/#comments Tue, 29 Sep 2009 09:00:34 +0000 jeff noel http://MidLifeCelebration.com/?p=2138 Continue reading →]]> “If I would be a young man again and had to decide how to make a living, I would not try to become a scientist or scholar or teacher.  I would rather choose to be a plumber or a peddler in the hope to find that modest degree of independence still available under present circumstances”. — Albert Einstein

Meanwhile in my zip code, there’s a sea of upscale vehicles, yet the 1990 Toyota suites me perfectly.

There’s even a dinner-plate sized dent on the driver’s front fender.  Was going to have it repaired until I realized how much that road-rage induced dent signified how lucky I am to still be alive.

In America, we are constantly tempted to keep up with the Joneses.  Why?   Because we are afraid of who we really are.

Would you rather be loved for who you’re not or hated for who you are?

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What does it take to be extraordinary?

Is it reasonable to expect to become extraordinary?

Is it even worth it to try to become extraordinary?

What would extraordinary people say to these questions?

What would Earth be like without extraordinary people?

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]]> http://www.midlifecelebration.com/the-movement/are-we-simply-machines/feed/ 1 Get Ready for This One http://www.midlifecelebration.com/sort-of-not/get-ready-for-this-one/ http://www.midlifecelebration.com/sort-of-not/get-ready-for-this-one/#comments Sun, 09 Aug 2009 15:51:41 +0000 jeff noel http://MidLifeCelebration.com/?p=1552 Continue reading →]]> “To do is to know.  To know and not do, is to not yet know”.

My friend Dennis told me this a while back. I had to ask him to repeat it a few times.

Finally, it made perfect sense.

And it reminds us of the brilliance of common sense.

But common sense is only brilliant when it’s common practice.

Otherwise, it’s like you don’t even know what common sense is.

Ya with me? Hope so. Carpe diem

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