Living to the Plus- Thoughts of the Day

Every day we have to plug in our phones. Energy is going into the phone. After it’s charged the output of that energy is extracted by us using our phone. What energy will you extract? Creation vs consumption? Have you ever thought about using your phone as either creation or add to live, to the PLUS OR as consumptive, killing time and energy, to the MINUS? Go ahead and try it- stay on your phone all day just consuming/ scrolling/ interacting (drama). Then spend a day with the intention just to create, imagine, explore your extended brain to learn or contribute. Now tell me how you feel at the end of the day comparatively between the two days with different intentions. What would the world be like if more of us started the day with the intention to create and solve problems vs spending the day consuming and looking for problems or drama or conflict? Next time you plug in your phone think about this, what is your intention going to be for the output of that energy. Is your overall energy

Did you have a "normal" Thanksgiving or was it abnormal? What was different? How did it make you feel? We gathered with some family, but not as many as usual and for not as long. I don't get too much into traditional holiday's. I was like after the first 10 years or so, do we really have to do this every year, can we try something new, how about at least some new Christmas songs..? Last year even, I avoided the traditional "family Christmas" and took the boys out to the hill country for some hiking and seclusion, to get away from all the hustle and bustle of marketing and consumerism. I just wanted quality time with my boys. This year though with the Vid-19 and a political shit storm I really don't know what to think. I think it is pretty messed up around the country they are actually telling people to just "cancel" the holiday's this year, it is disturbing... Anyway, maybe another blog topic... What I would like to talk about is, that most

Living to the Plus- Being Thankful for Living in Gratitude  I was wondering, am I saying I am thankful for being thankful..? Nah, living in gratitude, living in the Plus, is being a certain place in your head, your body, and your soul. It seems when we are in a wanting state, a consumptive state, all we want to do is fill ourselves or fulfill with emptiness. We WANT material and external things that we acquire or consume, do they really fill us up inside or does it make us want more? To live in Gratitude, to live to the Plus is being aware and recognizing what you do have that is not material or consumptive but the things that make you who you are and the tool you have to be the PLUS you and contribute to others. Beng our PLUS self and helping others be their PLUS self is what fulfills us, what makes us wake up in the morning, what gets us excited, what tests us, what makes us grow, and what makes us grow our TEAM. What are you grateful for? Do you write down what you are grateful for?

I had two experiences today of what teamwork Is about.  I work in a warehouse, a big warehouse with a lot of activity. Sometimes we have bumps, sometimes our forklifts hit pipes, sometimes these pipes break, and sometimes we get a crap load of water on the warehouse floor slowing shipping. To see the Teamwork that snaps into action to get a literal lake get cleaned up in less than an hour is sheer amazement. Secondly, this afternoon my sons and friends help move a washer and dryer and a vey heavy piano. We also received help from one of QueenT nephews getting the heavy piano off Rivs truck. Mission accomplished with no one getting hurt. Teamwork makes the dream work. Do you have a Team? A crew, group, club, squad, unit, fam? Or Are you a loner, a one teamer, a solo Calrissian? How far have you gotten with that? Do you think you would make it farther if you had a Team? A support Crew? A cheering Squad? Live to the Plus. Find your Team. People who support you, want you to be your best. J

 When I was a kid I was always one of the smaller kids or as I am now mid sized. I remember one time I was in kindergarten or first grade and they were building a new building for the preschool. They asked me to come over and test the height of the sink because I was shorter like in the preschoolers. I think with a combination of thinking that I was small and with my Oma and mom still were kind of worriers... I think that influenced me at a young age. This is where my dad comes in. I remember as a kid being deathly afraid of sailing, sometimes my dad would go off roading with a non-offloading vehicle, and going to Cub Scouts. These are some of the things I had fear. I do not remember fighting my dad or my mom to go to these adventures  but I remember when I was at them I had the fear. Fast forward to today I have done some ““ epic things that you would say I have become comfortable being uncomfortable a.k.a. swimming across the lake and 56° water for five hours. I think the repetition