"Notes" of An Elder

As long as you live, you will either live to accomplish your goals and dreams or be used as a resource to accomplish someone else’s.

October 14, 2022

Nothing in life is of any value unless it is shared with others.

"Notes" of An Elder is a depository of pertinent information, knowledge and wisdom. Available weekly will be an elder's "thinking menu" for your use. Enjoy this bounty.

  • Silence speaks when words cannot.

  • It’s a lot easier to lose than to win.

  • The true measure of your life will not be your achievements. The true measure will be who you have become.

  • Life is not about wealth, property, money, or richness. It's about friendship, love, family, trust, faith, and little things that bring the biggest miracles into our lives.

  • Information is facts, evidence, or experiences you use to figure things out.

  • You are never too old to set another goal or dream a new one.

  • As long as you live, you will either live to accomplish your goals and dreams or be used as a resource to accomplish someone else’s.

Coaching Yourself

  • To forgive

  • To talk less

  • To apologize

  • To listen more

  • To assume the best

  • To seek to understand

  • To be kind even if you don’t trust

  • Don’t give up ― the person you are becoming needs you.

  • The value of kind words will be judged by the actions that follow.

  • Happiness is a feeling. I do not think it. I feel it.

  • Don’t come up with ideas. Come up with solutions.

  • Every individual is both knowledgable and ignorant.

  • Reading by heart should be replaced with reading by mind.

  • “You got to be willing to fail. You’ve got to be willing to crash and burn, with people on the phone, with starting a company with whatever. If you’re afraid of failing, you won’t get very far.” ― Steve Jobs

Magic Question

This decision is based on what?