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[...] Brett so eloquently pointed out this week, you have to be a participant. Sitting on the sidelines and learning the rules is useless if you don’t take action.  The [...]

Amy’s last blog post..Can You Write Away the Block? How About the Burnout?

Thank you, my friend – I am glad that you enjoyed this. We must not forget about these people – for they are people.

(You know, I’ve not been by your blog for a bit – and I just realized why – for some reason my feed reader wasn’t picking up your feed… all fixed now. I’ll be over there soon!)

-Brett

Amy’s last blog post..Can You Write Away the Block? How About the Burnout?

I think I’ve read those words somewhere before myself. They are very true – thank you for sharing them with us. I like #4 – that is the essence of fail early, fail often.

@Wendi,

We all get burned out from time to time – and as you wrote, we need to recharge.

Friar, our converstion yesterday help me write a post today that is inspired by you, but NOT directed AT you. You just stirred up some memories, from a time when I went through a very low burnt out time period and was a crabby non goal oriented Wendi for a pretty long while. But thanks for the seeds. You aren’t the only one who gets time outs, or feels like we can’t always keep up with all of this stuff all the time.

Wendi Kelly’s last blog post..Taking Time for Time Out.

I wondered if anyone would see the nuance there…

And that’s sort of a hidden meaning too – because the kids who didn’t show up, didn’t even get a participant ribbon.

The ultimate FAIL.

So – show up. Or no participant ribbon for you!

1. Show up.
2. Pay attention to what has meaning for the heart.
3. Tell the truth without blame or judgment.
4. Be unattached to the outcome.

Being fully present in our lives, paying attention to the things that hold deep meaning for us, speaking our truth, and being unattached to the outcome keeps us open to possibility, to opportunity, to experiences we may not even have dreamed of.

Wonderful post, Brett.

Lisa’s last blog post..When You’re Cranky and You Know It…

I have to laugh at the ribbon.

Because I remember these swim meets we had as kids. And even if you came DFL (Dead F***ing Last), you’d still get a lame-ass ribbon for just showing up.

Oooh. Look! EVERYONE WINS…!

Isn’t that just SPECIAL?

Well….not really. We didnt’ WIN…!.

Kids aren’t stupid. You can’t fool ‘em with stuff like this.

Friar’s last blog post..The Gitchiest Christmas Ever