Expectations, let ’em float
When I was 22, just starting out in business…and adulthood, for that matter…someone offered a piece of advice that has stuck with me for over two decades — namely, “When expectations cease, then you live.”
Writer and self-proclaimed “minimalist” Leo Babauta explores this very idea at Zen Habits in his piece, “Toss Your Expectations Into The Ocean”:
“Picture all the expectations you have for yourself, your life, your spouse, your kids, your coworkers, your job, the world. Take them from inside you, and toss them in the ocean. A river or lake will also do.
What happens to them? They float. They’re carried around by waves. The current takes them out, and they drift away. Let them be washed away by the cleansing waters, and let them go.
Now live your life without them.”
Leo’s post made me smile because he knows the secret. And perhaps it’ll make you pause and smile, too. Imagine watching all your expectations float, then start to drift away.
More at http://zenhabits.net/ah/.
from barn sale to new business
Do you love vintage wallpaper?
See how graphic designer Nicole Lewis turned a $1 barn-sale find into Fondue Vintage Homewares — a place where old wallpaper gets a new lease on life.
These 1940’s-50’s switch plates are on their way to our place.
Up and at ’em
Started Friday w/ the sweet Kerry Mc and a 7a trail ride on Rodeo. The girl rode like a pro!
august escapism
Am ready for a new kind of reading adventure for the last month of summer, so about to dive into Castle Waiting and Castle Waiting II.
Farm Lessons
When you have stalls and horses, you need wood shavings – and lots of ’em. But we had no idea where to get the stuff. So as usual, our friends came to the rescue (thanks, D.G.!). Enter Randy the shavings man, who’s now part of our farm, er, family. He’s also an Auburn alum, so we like him even better. 🙂
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