Mar 03, 2009

When was the last time.....

We live in a world of haste, a world of fast forward, a world that saw me today witness a man so desperate to get a seat on a bus he bowled over a blind lady. Wow! Has perpetual fast forward living invaded our lives so much we are incapable of pressing our own pause button?
Now I am the worlds worst for trying to do two things at once, ...I live on a constant fast forward setting. However, there are times when you have to hit pause because that pause button not only creates space for better thinking but allows you to be a better person who can engage more with the world

I wrote down a list to live by once I got home as a double check to myself and thought I would share with you all

  • When was the last time you sat down and just thought....not about things but about what to think?
  • When was the last time you had a conversation in which you listened 100% with no other agenda's, thoughts or beliefs?
  • When was the last time that you created time just for you?
  • When was the last time you created special one on one time for someone you love?
  • When was the last time you reflected on your decisions?
  • When was the last time you paused to think whether you were not just busy but busy achieving a worthwhile legacy?

3 Mar 2009 20:04:03 | Motivation

6 Comments

Jimmy Lowe

Excellent post; great list of thoughts. For me this links with the thoughts of Glen Beck on Fox News. You are speaking of personal responsibility right?

Posted by: Jimmy Lowe | Mar 03, 2009 at 10:10 PM

John Wall

This is why I do a quarterly review!

http://www.roninmarketeer.com/2009/01/20/2008-year-in-review-part-1/

Don't spend your life climbing the ladder and get to the top to realize it's against the wrong building.

Posted by: John Wall | Mar 04, 2009 at 02:52 AM

bala

very good........

Posted by: bala | Mar 04, 2009 at 08:54 AM

Heather Niven

mmmmmm maybe i could do with some 'pause for thought' times soon... thanks for the reminder Anna
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Posted by: Heather Niven | Mar 04, 2009 at 10:53 PM

Heather Niven

www.wordle.net/gallery/wrdl/613253/pause

Posted by: Heather Niven | Mar 05, 2009 at 01:07 AM

Anna Farmery

Thanks everyone, maybe I should put this post as a permanent first post to help us all :) The older I get the more I realise that being happy starts with you...that when as Jimmy puts it you take that responsibility and also that responsibility towards others...then that is when happiness comes...

Posted by: Anna Farmery | Mar 08, 2009 at 06:15 PM

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