28 �As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.� Seneca Thanks to the Swedish Son of Stone (aka SoS) whose recent lyrics in 28 Summers Left fit...
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�As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.� Seneca
Thanks to the Swedish Son of Stone (aka SoS) whose recent lyrics in 28 Summers Left fit me to a T:
�Let�s make something great
Of what is left now
And focus on things
That we have got now.�
In a Camden interview about his unique rather unique song-writing, SoS confided that a theme of his music is �about the will to get back up again when life knocked you down��� Not a bad theme for life � is it?
One longevity study, that I believe to be darned accurate, suggests that with work and luck, I may have 28 summers left in my earthly journey. Note: Do take that private online Living to 100 calculator, PLEASE, to gauge how many summers may be in your healthspan�
So what about your humble scribe and his ~28 summer seasons �left�? What have I got in my queue to keep from being ordinary, and keep from unfocused, well-intended busyness?
Making Something Great
Long ago, I was knocked down by the White House�s decision to reject my application to become a White House Fellow. Just imagine me as a Doris Goodwin, Sanjay Gupta, or Colin Powell colleague?! C�est la vie � yes?
Well, my point is that my application was a great forcing function for where I wanted to head.� I offered in one application essay that my headstone should read, �informed and committed He made a difference�� How about that terminal, end-game goal?� Perhaps I am 2400 years too late for my true calling as a Stoic for good words and good deeds.� Or, perhaps I am just in time to impact peoples� live in favorable ways as a 21st century Seneca.
�Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.� Seneca
A Prepared Difference? Helping adaptive athletes, underserved youth, encore-aged peers with medical or physical challenges, writing experiential non-fiction works, and being the best Dad and Grandpa Frosty that I can be�
I�ve been blessed with the opportunity to share my corpus of wellness knowledge on many podcasts, a few of which are offered here. Or here� And here�
As an NFPT-certified Master Fitness Trainer, I am blessed to author monthly professional articles for better healthspan and longevity
Focus
I have the good fortune to be mentored by a Citius Altius Fortius champion in rowing. My new coach is an Athlete for Change lad,� Michael Brake, a strong and passionate Kiwi from Auckland who wears Olympic Gold from the Tokyo 2021 Olympiad.
Michael challenges me to be a student of my game, and tap my coterie of good folks. Michael has me reaching for a golden ring by thinking like a champion while training smart and hard as if I�m in 2nd place.� KABOOM.Time will tell as judge and jury if my healthspan and lifespan DO earn that epitaph that I cited above.
In some of those ~ 28 remaining summers, it will be my pleasure to help YOU focus on the right things and to do something great.
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