Dear Son – Page 81 – Disney Employee Engagement Speaker

This is a big deal even though it’s so insignificant

Firewood sleds — Taught our son how to make a firewood sled – a simple way to transport armfuls of wood in a single trip.

Our son and i have begun the fourth week of running. We ran to the third mailbox from ours last night. The first week we ran to the mailbox closest to ours, about 100 meters away. The second week we repeated that distance. Week three (last week) we added another mailbox for a total of two (200 meters total). This week we added another mailbox for our new total distance of three mailboxes (300 meters). This is a big deal even though it’s so insignificant.

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There are moments in time that change everything

Mid Life Celebration keynote speaker — The upper right quadrant represents our body. – our physical health.

There are moments in time that change everything. And if we are intentional, we’ll control when many of these moments happen.

And the reason we want to control when they happen is so it will be easier to remember them.

The easier it is to remember them, the more likely they are to perpetually influence how we live moment to moment – most of us dream of being in the moment more often.

April 15, 1999 (income tax deadline – a day every working American is familiar with) i began running one mailbox a day for a week. Less than a month ago, on Halloween, my wife and son began doing the same thing.

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We began jogging two mailboxes a day this week

College recruitment poster at high school — Yesterday, at High School – college recruiting is a big deal there.

We began jogging two mailboxes a day this week, our third week now since starting this journey on Halloween. The first two weeks were one mailbox a day.

Reminded the High School freshman that we will look back on these early days and be thankful and mindful that “slow and steady” is an unbeatable strategy – as long as we stay with it.

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Dear Son, one mailbox a day can be challenging

Orlando Holy Family Church — Yesterday, Sunday, 8:30am

One mailbox a day can be challenging. Why? Because it’s not part of our routine. Not a habit. Not yet. So we missed it in the morning. We forgot before dinner. We forgot after dinner too. This is why habits – good or bad – control our destiny.

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We started running yesterday, pretty scary

Walking — Yesterday, Halloween, my son and i began jogging. We went from our mailbox to our neighbor’s mailbox.

At 15, and as a High School freshman, our son is seeing things that didn’t concern him before. It’s generally considered a rite of passage that teens start seeing a bigger picture as they mature.

Roughly 75% of his High School participate in sports.

Athletics are a great way to get involved. And a great way to learn how to start taking care of the temple that houses everything keeping us alive.

Our pace was (intentionally) slower than walking, by the way.

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