One of our members today gave me some constructive criticism on our podcast episodes.
Well, you know, I really do take, take suggestions to heart. I wouldn't even call it criticism... maybe a suggestion. She suggested...
that as
I deliver
these,
I slow
things
way
down
so
that
each
one
of you
would have
the opportunity
to stay
up
with my
thought
process
because
I do
have a tendency
to rapid fire
sometimes.
I really do take that to heart.
I know that was a little exaggerated. I'm just having fun and I'm not going to go that slow, but I will maybe add some pauses, especially these episodes that I'm not scripting out ahead of time.
You probably can tell the difference between the ones that I've scripted and written ahead of time... and the ones where I'm just sharing with you.
Well, it was perfect timing because I still get the feed from the San Diego union.
When I used to live in San Diego... even when we had our condo in San Diego, I used to spend a lot of time on the mission beach boardwalk,
It went from mission beach to Pacific beach. Maybe three miles long almost to La Jolla.
I would walk along the beach there... and there was always a bunch of characters
There was this real tall skinny guy, he always wore a g-string, and he always had some... some Eclectic...
Eclectic, that's the word I'm looking for.
He always had some eclectic outfit on it
I mean, there was always a g-string, which you know... Okay... you know guys and g-strings?
No, thank you
But he always had creative costumes.
Like 4th of July week he'd be Uncle Sam.
I don't know what the theme was but every so often he'd have an elephant nose coming off of his g-string and he would be an elephant. He'd have big elephant ears.
I saw an article about him one day, he was a junior high school teacher.
So kind of crazy, you know they didn't go after him for that, ... they didn't.
In fact, there's even some electrical boxes with him painted on them.
There was another guy, his name... we all called him SlowMo Guy.
I don't know how this guy did it, but he did roller skating up and down the boardwalk.
You could see him there early morning, in the early evening...
and he did his motion like slow mo while he was skating if you can imagine?
It was so much control. It was so much fun to watch him and kind of smile at him and nod when he went past.
The Union had an article the other day that showed SlowMo Guy had turned 82.
They said he's still out there all day long, he still looks fit and healthy.
I think it's a perfect example...
Why for the past 30 years he was able to be out there roller skating every day from morning to late night? I don't know. Maybe he was retired from something else...
He turned 82 years old and he's still out there doing it every day and I understand from reading the article.
He is still thriving!
Is he the perfect example of what we talk about?
Staying in motion, moving every day, finding a purpose?
Obviously his purpose is to entertain the thousands and thousands of people that go up and down that boardwalk every day.
When I say boardwalk, I always think of a wooden platform. But no, it's a long concrete strip right along the sand and with a little wall.
And it's a wonderful place to get up and in the morning or evening or afternoon, just breathe and walk, suck in all the sights...
SlowMo Guy... inspirational!
I know I started off with a little bit of funny,
But I'm going to be a little bit more mindful in my own delivery and try to... Slow it down. Take thoughtful pauses, because it's so easy for me to just deliver it that rapid delivery pace, which is kind of me.
I'm enthusiastic, I'm energetic.
So I'm gonna work on that a little bit.
Ending this one up, may you move well, stay healthy, be happy, and like SlowMo Guy, find a purpose and a passion and live every day with joy.
Talk to you soon.