“Sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” – Lewis Carroll

“It’s kind of fun to do the impossible.” – Walt Disney

“I can believe anything provided it is incredible.” – Oscar Wilde

My dad has a “type A” personality and used to become tense when he’d hit a red light and have to wait. He decided to use “red light time” productively by using the time to take inventory of his blessings. Now he uses red lights as signals to stop and appreciate what he has. I think it’s a neat idea.

In the past few years there’s been increased focus on finding “purpose”. Books like “The Purpose Driven Life” have topped the best-sellers list, and I’ve read more than one article on the new phenomenon of quarter-life crisis, unique to my generation. We’re having the equivalent of mid-life crisis’s much earlier. Some may see this as problematic, but I’d disagree.

Our parents’ generation had fewer choices after graduating college. Often people went to work long-term, in one profession, for a sinlge company so they would have job security and benefits. They could chart a career path with relative certainty. In some ways it may have been easier because they had finite choices and easily identified goals.

By contrast, my peers are struggling not just to find careers that earn them an income, but are grappling with finding meaning in their work. It’s a luxury provided to us by the economic security our parents afforded us, but it’s not easy. Wresting with finding meaning is tough but rewarding. I think we’ll be better off down the road for having been forced to grapple with this earlier on in our lives.

“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” - Howard Thurman

Last night when I jumped into bed I thought of a simple pleasure- A freshly made bed… clean sheets pulled tightly… jumping in after a bath, all clean and comfy and ready for a great night’s sleep… ah!

Your turn… what’s your simple pleasure?

For some reason I’m posting a tip on toilets! If you’re going out of town and the toilets won’t be flushed for a while, putting a few drops of bleach in the bowl and leaving the seat up is supposed to prevent a grime ring from building up around the water level.