THE DAILY SPARK

READY TO BE...DisappointedDelightedAmazedOffendedRipped offGratefulLovedSometimes we get what we expect.Seth Godin's Daily BlogREFLECTION:What are you expecting?Do you need to shift your thinking?

For the American Republic to have any chance of continuing, we must be able to listen as well as speak, to learn as well as teach, and to tolerate as well as expect tolerance.Quote by Orestes A. Brownson from his 1865 book:  The American RepublicREFLECTION:This quote was written in 1865! If we are to experience freedom for all, we all share a responsibility to listen/speak, learn/teach, tolerate/expect tolerance.What are you doing to promote democracy and freedom?

Jardin Nelson Mandela - Paris The more control you have over your attention, the more control you have over your future. And it starts with having enough courage to protect your time.  It's so easy to say yes.  We want to be agreeable, helpful, liked.  That's how time disappears and attention becomes fragmented:  not in big chunks, but in a thousand small concessions.  What you trade your attention for is what your life becomes.  James Clear 3-2-1 Thursday Blog REFLECTION:Examine your time.What small concessions do you make with your time?Do you say 'yes' too often - wanting to be seen as agreeable, helpful and liked?Do you have the courage to protect your time?What does that look like?