Inspired...it happened to me again!

Are you fortunate enough to know when that “right moment” appears in your life? 

Many years ago I was fortunate to learn how to “pay attention” to the wonderful moments that life offers you as a gift!  It is never timed or planned, it just dawns on ya that you ought to pay attention to something you just saw, heard or experienced. 

The reason, it’s time to take a step!

If you pray, how do you determine if and when prayers are answered?  How does that appear in your life? 

If you set goals…is it your ego that drives them or something grander?

For me, I pay attention and don’t ask for a thing.  The reason, I usually get it wrong! 

Every now and then something simply happens and it makes me say hmmmm!  I give the experience a great deal of thought and share it amongst my friends.  It like planting a seed, great moments offer wonderful life enhancements and put you on your path that you were meant to be on. 

If you are fortunate enough to answer yes to the question…today, are you doing what you feel you were placed on this earth to do?   Very provocative indeed! 

What inspired me today?  Eric Whitacre, a composer that reaches thousands of singers who perform virtually to music that he conducts via Skype or You Tube.  All of the segments are then placed in a format that simply will blow you mind.  He has performed at least three times @ TED Talks Ideas worth spreading. 

Just imagine an idea powerful enough to inspire 6000 people to pay attention and participate on the idea as it is being developed.  Consider the power of thousands of people like minded focused on a particular outcome, priceless! 

Consider me inspired! 

NobleOne

It's not the Destination...It's the Ride

Often times I rush to get things done or get somewhere faster.  I seldom take time to slow down and smell the roses.  The issue here for me is once I accomplish something new or get somewhere I was intending to go, I now have to start something else! 

It’s like finishing a good book….reading the chapters one by one and enjoying the message is the good stuff….finishing it, is an accomplishment but also a letdown.   Now I have to find a new book to read!

After reading the Celestine Prophecy so many years ago and then again recently, it taught me to “pay attention” to everything around me.  Learn to appreciate that there is life in everything and we play an integral role in it all. 

On my bike rides and runs I “intend” to experience a connection or discover an opportunity to figure something out!  When the ride is over, it’s time to do something else and live another moment longer.  I constantly have to remind myself to breathe and enjoy every moment and treat it as a gift! 

How many times do you simply want to get to the end of a day and start over?  I catch myself doing or participating in mundane things simply to make time go by. 

Such a waste of a segment of your life!

I would also point out that joy resides in the ability to make a decision, a decision that will take you down a new path and lead you to a better life.   Stopping smoking, moving, new jobs, losing weight, new relationships are all those kind of decisions.   

These decisions put you on a new path.  You cannot enjoy the path if you don’t take the first step down it.  The first step is making the decision and the next is living with it!  The reality of that new moment and the moments after is what it’s all about. 

A good friend’s advice in 2006 was “Leap, build your wings on the way”.   You don’t get the chance to enjoy a new view unless you leap first!  

You see there are some things that you cannot figure out with your mind and plan for.  Big new adventures take courage.  After taking the leap, a new reality emerges and it’s that new ride that you enjoy, not the eventual destination!

What “leap” have you been pondering?  It’s time to take a Ride! 

NobleOne