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🎋 W25 Live - Lift - Love 🍁

“Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where Nature may heal and cheer and give strength to body and soul alike.” – John Muir June 28th 🔥 Feelings Reflection: Drained > Alive Last week my son got some dental work and I felt drained emotionally. This week it was a big party with a lot of friends. It was formal, my son looked so nice in his suit. My daughter and…

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🌈 W24 Live - Lift - Love 🦁

“If a plant cannot live according to its nature, it dies; and so a man.” – Henry David Thoreau 21 Fry’s Day: Purpose 🔥 Feelings Reflection: Disappointed > Drained Last week I was feeling disappointment about my failed marriage so I played “My Guitar Gently Weeps” and I felt a lot better. I’ve been experimenting with a lot of songs instead of just learning one well… But I feel like it’s the…

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🌈 W23 Live - Lift - Love 🎸

“If a plant cannot live according to its nature, it dies; and so a man.” – Henry David Thoreau 14 Friday Purpose 🔥 Feelings Reflection: Tranquil > Disappointed Last week I was feeling tranquil among the trees at the arboretum. This week I realized I had been sick for a good week solid and I ate chopped garlic and honey, it did help a lot, but I had a fever as well so I didn’t want to drive and…

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🌈 W22 Live - Lift - Love ⚔️

“If a plant cannot live according to its nature, it dies; and so a man.” – Henry David Thoreau 7 Friday Purpose 🔥 Feelings Reflection: Grateful > Tranquil Last week I was feeling grateful to reconnect to my old martial arts friends and get to find out how they grew over time. This week I was sick and it overwhelmed everything else in my mind. We did go to the Los Angeles Arboretum and it was…

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🌈 W21 Live - Lift - Love 📜

“If a plant cannot live according to its nature, it dies; and so a man.” – Henry David Thoreau 31 Friday/Purpose Day: Last week I had a sore throat. This week I went to train, I felt like a blue belt finally, I never really had felt that way. It reminded me of a friend who I miss that always went out of his way to teach others when he was a blue belt. It’s been really nice to hang out with my…

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🎏 W20 Live - Lift - Love 💐

“Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious. And however difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.It matters that you don’t just give up.” – Stephen Hawking 24 Friday/Purpose Day: Last week I was painting and just relaxing into that world of being an…

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🎏 W19 Live - Lift - Love 🪶

“Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious. And however difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.It matters that you don’t just give up.” – Stephen Hawking Friday/Purpose Day: Last week my daughter and I went to take photos. This week a fixed my…

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🎏 W18 Live - Lift - Love 🧭

“Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious. And however difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.It matters that you don’t just give up.” – Stephen Hawking Friday/Purpose Day: Last week I did the math assessments I need for the report card. Went to…

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🎏 W17 Live - Lift - Love 👩🏻‍👧🏻‍👦🏻

“Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious. And however difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.It matters that you don’t just give up.” – Stephen Hawking Friday/Purpose Day: Last week I did laundry, but felt restless that I have the kids’ report…

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🌱 W16 Live - Lift - Love 🦁

“Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.” – Maya Angelou Side Note: As I was without coffee this morning thinking about life, I was thinking about what it means to be a good person. I was hoping that without coffee I won’t snap at my kids, I won’t be a jerk to my friends, I won’t give up on my own goals, I won’t fail to notice the beautiful things around…

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🌱 W15 Live - Lift - Love 🥬

“Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.” – Maya Angelou Friday/Purpose Day: Last week we got passports for the kids and took them on a hike. This week did school work and went to do laundry. Feel kind of stressed that one kid needs dental work and one needs an orthodontist, I thought doing to the dentist would mean we were done for another year. So still…

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🌱 W14 Live - Lift - Love 🪶

“Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.” – Maya Angelou Friday/Purpose Day: Last week we took the kids to the playground I went to in elementary school, Adventure Playground, it’s quite creative and fun. This week we got passports for the kids and took them into the semi wild for a hike. There were lots of ravens out, and oak trees. The rains have been…

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🌱 W13 Live - Lift - Love 🏹

“Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.” – Maya Angelou Friday/Purpose Day: Last week I was chipping away at report cards and learning about Super Communicators from Charles Duhigg. This week I’m still kind of low energy, doing more qigong. We went to the park with the kids it was nice because they had been craving the outside time. It was serene…

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☔ W12 Live - Lift - Love 📖

“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” –Helen Keller 乘风破浪会有时 直挂云帆济沧海 Friday/Purpose Day: Last week I started working out, started doing paperwork, started organizing my notes… This week still working out, easing into it, watching my foot/ankle so it doesn’t get reinjured. Cleaning up my notes is a long process it helps me feel like my mind is getting focused and organized as…

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☔ W11 Live - Lift - Love 🎸

“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” –Helen Keller 乘风破浪会有时 直挂云帆济沧海 Friday/Purpose Day: Last week I got a guitar on sale. This week I realized I haven’t practiced much, instead I started working out, started doing paperwork, started organizing my notes… I started working out again after a long, long time. I realize my workout video gym got dismantled because I needed the…

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☔ W10 Live - Lift - Love 🛞

“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” –Helen Keller 乘风破浪会有时 直挂云帆济沧海 Friday/Purpose Day: Last week we got ready for my son’s birthday party last minute. This week arrived in California got the house set up as far as where toys would be, where the kids would relax, where they would do school. I got a guitar on sale that has a nice sound to it. Busy day, but it was nice having…

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☔ W9 Live - Lift - Love 🛫

“Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.” –Bruce Lee 乘风破浪会有时 直挂云帆济沧海 A time will come to ride the wind and cleave the waves, I’ll set my cloud-white sail and cross the raving sea. – Li Bai (701-762) Friday/Purpose Day: Last week we did birthday planning. This week we worked on a board that ties together the existing lanai and the new walkway cover…

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