The Porcelain Bowl Volume 5 Edition 1

The Porcelain Bowl Volume 5 Edition 1
"What Have You Done Today to Feel Proud"
The Seven Seasons Part 1

Quote of the Week:"Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish yourself. It's what you do for others." Danny Thomas

Catch 22
There are seven seasons in a person's life. The seasons can be summed up as reflection, building, renewal, crisis, rebuilding, suffering and success. They do not occur in any specific order, and can happen co-currently with the others as combinations. As you go through these seasons there are some of them that have certain attributes in which you control how you react to what life has dealt you. As you reflect on life ask, "what is your positional truth?" Five attributes that can be used as bench marks as a human being of what to reflect on when trying to answer this question are compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. Let me break it down.The Greek for compassion is "bowels of mercy," I know that this may sound like a BM of another kind, but it means coming from deep inside. That looking out for other people means you are demonstrating unmerited favor upon them. Kindness means looking for an opportunity to serve others regardless of circumstances. Humility means "stepping down". In spite of positions in life, you can meet someone where they are by merely reaching back as you climb. Gentleness or a soft touch means not to come off as harsh. If your roommate or spouse yells at you to do something, the effect is much different when he/she tells you with a gentleness. Patience is the exercise to slow down and wait. It is the ability to come from a place that is not a reaction from our normal humanity. And the metaphysical essence that holds these five together as an enabler is love. A definition of love can be equated with Giving. Sometimes it "hurts" to give of your money, time and self, this is because it goes against the grain of American society that is based on social Darwinism; the survival of the fittest (or best equipped).
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Since we are wrapping up college football season with the bowl games, I have to mention one of the greatest running backs of all time Gayle Sayers. He wrote this book called "I am 3 rd." He lived by the personal philosophy that serving others came before himself. And he lived a fulfilled and joyful life. I do not know many current running backs who live by that philosophy. (ex-OSU folks will remain nameless.) If more of us reflected on our lives that we could be 3 rd instead of 1st, we may find ourselves getting more out of and giving more to life.