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Three Words Floating In My Skull

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Untie is actually one word. 😉

It is three days into the year 2015.

There has been three words that have been floating in my skull for the last few days.
Looking in my paper journal, I see that I got these words December 26th, 2014.
They have popped into my mind every day since then.

The three words are:

– Unite

– Untie

– Gift

The word unite, at least the concept, has been with for a while now.
I like to break words/phrases down, and I realized that on that day “unite” also spells untie.
“Gift” came to me later on that day.

I am not sure yet if there is an order to these words.
– When we unite, we untie a gift.
– A gift we are given is uniting and untying each other.

There is more I can say, but these words need to swim for a bit.
Having read some marked passages in 20,000 Days and Counting, by Robert D. Smith, this morning I read something along the lines of, “what one thing is something you would want out in the world if today was your last day?” (After going through the book, I could not find the exact quote, but I realized I want and need to read this book again.)

These three words do not feel like that are just words for me or just for this year, but part of my mission in life.

Thank you for reading this. There is a seed being planted here.

What comes to your mind with these three words?

 

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My Mission Statement

Mission statement

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What is your mission?

It is our chose to choose the mission. Life will always happen, but how we embrace it will make all the difference. With a mission statement we have a general guidance for our day to day which guides our future. It is something that we can use to focus on all parts of life. If we have a “positive attitude” in our statement, then that applies when we are in traffic and at home and at work and when tragedy strikes and when we are with our loved ones. It filters and focuses what we do so we can have a greater impact.

By having a mission statement we routinely look at it and give ourselves a quick check to see if we are where we want to be. As Zig Ziglar was famous for saying, it may serve as “A checkup from the neck up.” It also allows us set our boundaries. In Boundaries: When to Say YES, When to Say NO, To Take Control of Your Life, by Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend, they say, “In short, boundaries help us keep the good in and the bad out.” They use boundaries as the analogy of fences and gates on our property. Our statement can often quickly let us when a “yes” or “no” is needed.

If you would like to create your own mission statement you can use this free worksheet from Dan Miller’s 48 Days site. You will find a few examples of mission statements in it. I encourage you to look up your favorite business and read their mission statement and see how they follow it.

My Mission Statement:

My mission is to have a positive attitude in everything I do and to unsparingly sprinkle humor into most dishes. I will continue to grow in knowledge and wisdom. I will strive to love others as I would want to be treated and carry unity and truth into scenes. I will be an ear more than a mouth and lend a helping hand or foot to people whenever possible. My actions and words will be aligned to respect God and my family and friends and strangers and my future family and that of generations to come.

I do not see this as my final mission statement. Extra stuff will be sewn into it and parts cut out and ironed out as time goes by. I wanted to get something down so I could take another step with a firming step. If you want to see how I got to this mission statement you can see the foundation blogs for it here:

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What would be one thing in your mission statement?

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Values and Dreams and Passions and Puppets

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In my journey at creating a personal mission statement, the next thing is to look at my values and dreams and passions. In 48 Days to the Work You Love, Dan Miller asks his reader to look at the things that we naturally enjoy. “If money were not important, what would you spend your time doing?” He talks about how it could be something we enjoyed as a child and maybe was told that it was “unrealistic or impractical to focus on as a career.”

When going through the book I wrote:

  • Hanging out
  • Talking with people
  • Reading nonfiction books
  • Discussing topics
  • Having communal goals
  • Working with my mind and body (Non sedentary)

Thinking about the words values and dreams and passions a bit more I saw how vast this list could be and how they show a lot about ourselves.  The food I select to put into my body has to do with how I value the quality of food and how I dream to be in a certain shape*  and how passionate I am about that dream.  As the picture shows, I see them as the control paddles for a marionette.  They guide us and as we find balance in our life the strings become less tangled.  Eventually we become a “real boy” like Pinocchio with those values and dreams and passions still there,  but the string are gone.  

It helped me to look at the meaning of value in a dictionary to better distinguish the three paddles.  I noticed some of the things that appeared in What Are Your Skills and Interests? show up below.  The list is in no order of importance, nor is it a complete list. 

  • Truth setting
  • Promoting common sense
  • Business owner
  • Gun user
  • Boater
  • Writer
  • Artist – modern
  • Home owner
  • Teacher
  • Bible
  • Handy man
  • Husband
  • Cook more
  • Camper/hiker
  • Physically fit
  • Property owner
  • God worshiper
  • Debt free life
  • Family cohesiveness
  • Marketing
  • Father
  • Grandfather
  • Showing people they are blessed
  • Ellipsis

*octagonal

Now to combine my skills and abilities along with my personal tendencies with the things I listed here to create a mission statement to better keep my strings from becoming tangled and more balance to be had.

Thank you for participating with me as I release thoughts in my skull.

I love you.

K, bye

What are some things that you would add to this list for yourself?

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