Week 2 – Blue Rectangles

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The world is filled with blue rectangles.  Who ever knew there were soooooo many blue rectangles?!  Just reminding me to serve others and do my chores (which, by the way, will never be done…)  Nevertheless, I do them with enTHOOOOsiasm!

I must say I am amazed at how quickly one’s mind can change.  I have done things absolutely by the recipe for a mere 10 days and have seen a huge number of really ridiculous bad habits (including smart-phone addiction, incessant podcast and radio listening, and a couple hours a day TV) just fall away.  A little structure, a little discipline, a little more focus, and a little less distraction.

I’m also amazed at finally connecting the simple dots of “as within, so without” which is so obvious.  Unless, of course, one lives entirely in one’s head.  Yes.  I have.  For decades.  Thought leads creation.  Nothing that is, was ever what it is, without first being formed by THOUGHT.

Can’t wait for tomorrow!  My picture is manifesting.  A day at a time.  Thank God! (and all of His helpers.)

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I’ve lived most of my life in Oregon. Birth and the first ten years were in Nebraska, but my parents and eight kids jumped on the Oregon Trail and never looked back. I grew up skiing the volcanoes of the Cascade Mountain range; hiking and fishing the high lakes and endless rivers and streams, exploring the Oregon Coast, making hay in the summers and feeding it in the winters, riding horses, and building muscle cars. After high school I spent six years in the US Navy, which included extensive travels around Europe, Asia, and South America. I then spent four years in college, which included international study in Latin America (Ecuador and Peru.) My professional career started with a Fortune 50 company, which included a stint in London as a broker in Lloyd’s. College years re-connected me with my beautiful brown-eyed girl from a rural Oregon community where we met when we were ages 12 and 14; now married 28 years. We’ve now lived 20 years in Lake Oswego, Oregon where we raised three crazy, wonderful, bright, beautiful kids, all of whom are scholar athletes. Our oldest daughter, an All-American track athlete, competed four years at Duke; the second, a D1 women’s soccer goalie at Butler University, was on the Big East Championship team, now pours her heart into Athletes in Action at Oregon State; and our son is presently a pole vaulter and graphic design major at Northwest Nazarene. What a trip! I spend much of my time helping owners of well-established, thriving businesses plan and execute ownership transitions. There’s nothing better than keeping a good business in business, maintaining good jobs for great employees so they can raise kids, pay mortgages, and contribute to the whole incredible economic machine. I’m still happily growing and serving after all these years. God, I love it so!

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