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To: RR who wrote (47353)	2/3/2002 12:34:39 PM
From: Clappy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 65232

Thanks for those words. They're to live by.

To: RR who wrote (47353)	2/3/2002 12:40:32 PM
From: Dealer	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 65232

Wow! RR good stuff.......You are right about that focus thang. Some time ago I was shocked when I decided to use a timer when picking up my house each morning.......if you allow 5 minutes per room and stay focused your house can be done in minutes........:-) I apply to other things but like I should. d

To: RR who wrote (47353)	2/3/2002 1:58:59 PM
From: elpolvo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 65232

RR- FWIW... that's the longest, spontaneous, in depth, original post i've ever seen on SI that had absolutely NO typos, misspellings, dropped words, grammatical errors or punctuation marks misused or out of place. when you write yer book, can i be yer editor? -lazydude <edit> oops. i take it all back. on second check i see you wrote childrens'... and even though it's the plural possessive, the correct placement of the apostrophe should be... children's. no biggie. <VBG> who ya rootin' for in the game tonight? i'm going with the AFC.

To: RR who wrote (47353)	2/3/2002 2:27:49 PM
From: Cactus Jack	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 65232

RR, What a Sunday eye-opener your response to Clap was. I have a couple of follow-up questions: 1. When did you first begin exercising the type of discipline to which you referred? 2. Who (if anyone) was your example of this type of preparation, discipline, and/or attitude? Was it a parent, sibling, teacher, mentor? I still want to be your agent for that first book. You've got a best seller on your hands. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. jpgill

To: RR who wrote (47353)	2/3/2002 10:51:28 PM
From: synchro_fan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 65232

Hey RR! Your response was indeed fine. Made me think of this I found on another thread. THE GARDEN Come to the garden alone, while the dew is still on the roses... FOR THE GARDEN OF YOUR DAILY LIVING, PLANT THREE ROWS OF PEASE: 1. Peace of mind 2. Peace of heart 3. Peace of soul PLANT FOUR ROWS OF SQUASH: 1. Squash gossip 2. Squash indifference 3. Squash grumbling 4. Squash selfishness PLANT FOUR ROWS OF LETTUCE: 1. Lettuce be faithful 2. Lettuce be kind 3. Lettuce be patient 4. Lettuce really love one another NO GARDEN IS WITHOUT TURNIPS: 1. Turnip for meetings 2. Turnip for service 3. Turnip to help one another TO CONCLUDE OUR GARDEN, WE MUST HAVE THYME: 1. Thyme for each other 2. Thyme for family 3. Thyme for friends WATER FREELY WITH PATIENCE AND CULTIVATE WITH LOVE. THERE IS MUCH FRUIT IN YOUR GARDEN BECAUSE YOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW.

To: RR who wrote (47353)	2/4/2002 12:00:22 AM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 65232

<<...I'm thankful for everything life has given me and I certainly don't take it for granted. That little saying I sometimes quote on here about "hoping you did something worthwhile this week for it cost you a week of your life" is spot on. It's my choice how I go through life and I'm going to make the best of it and with a smile. That's my decision. I control it. I won't allow myself to do anything less...>> RR: It's what we do in this life that matters...The challenge is to become a good steward of our time, our talent, and our money. Every day is truly precious...What kind of legacy do we want to leave...? It never hurts to ponder 'the big questions'. Thanks so much for sharing your insights out on The Porch...Many of us learn a great deal from you. -Scott

To: RR who wrote (47353)	2/4/2002 12:58:03 AM
From: BirdDog	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 65232

For example, I'll say to myself that for the next hour, I'm only going to do "xyz" and then I do just that, nothing else. I stay focused. Gee RR....how can I work on the "focused" part? Ya see... I decide to do "XYZ"....spend an hour getting confused on "X"...then spend the rest of the day trying to remember what "YZ" were....by the time I remember, I also remember I forgot to finish "X"...so I start over the next day.... Seriously... nice post.... BirdDog@DOH!.com

To: RR who wrote (47353)	2/4/2002 10:17:10 PM
From: Ex-INTCfan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 65232

RR, very good post. I do much of the same -- attacking stuff one thing at a time, hardly ever a day alike. One of the things I've done differently in the last couple of years is take time out to just "be" -- playing with the cats, watching squirrels chase each other around trees -- that sort of thing. Sometimes I just say "today is a golf day" and hit the links. Even there it is a choice between striving to do the best I can and just enjoying the round. Some rounds are a mixture of both, some are one or the other. The ones that are a mixture are the ones I like best -- some of my best rounds have been in the cold and howling wind and rain, when I have to think about each shot, execute, watch, and learn. I'm really relaxed when this happens because I'm one of the few idiots on the course and nobody is holding me up or pushing me from behind. (Plus, I can hold greens that usually behave like teflon for me.) The sheer joy I had a couple of weeks ago on a rainy par 5 dogleg when I blasted the ball about as far as I could into the crosswind and watched the ball get carried by the wind 30 yards to the left up the dogleg, leaving a short iron to the green, is difficult to explain. I couldn't do that kind of thing when I was 21 after playing for 10 years, and now I can do it at 43. Go figure. People always used to say that life gets worse as you get older, but it seems to get better, aside from the odd ache that I don't remember from before. I probably have posted this before, but if anyone out there is in a job they do not enjoy, they should leave. I have never been happier than I am now, getting up each day trying to figure out how to best create the day. It's a bit like running for runners, in the sense that the more you run the more refreshed you feel. After I bang out four miles I want to do another four, and that's what my career feels like to me now that I'm on my own. I want to thank you for a most thought provoking post. I'm still absorbing it, and my brief note above doesn't due justice to either your post or what I believe I will get out of it after musing it a bit more. Ex-INTCfan