Reflections of a 58 Year Old

Fifty-eight and one half today, the eighth of April 2017 … now ‘ReFired’ four years and one month. Reflections of those four years and what lies ahead as I complete year five.

 REFLECTIONS…

1) Living out Simplicity, Flexibility and Availability…surely key in my daily journey.

2)   Transition from ‘Busy’ life to a ‘Full’ schedule. Busy is most often random where ‘full’ requires being intentional.

3)    Riding on one of three motorcycles (a 1999 Yamaha  Roadstar, a 2004 Goldwing - GL1800, and a  Yamaha  FJR) … 50,000 miles across this amazing creation called Oregon and beyond. Oh Baby! And less than a month from now…C2C aka the ‘Newport Triangle’. More to follow :)

4)   Seeing, knowing and loving the beauty found in Karen Yvonne. A Christ follower; who loves children; a wife, mother and grandmother superb; who has a spirit of adventure; who is intelligent, pretty and has quite the sense of humor; I love walking this journey with you sweet Cakes!

5) Volunteering…MOPS continues to be a monthly focus for the past decade plus in honor of Elizabeth Ann Jopp, aka mom; Marion County  MRC (minimal, but I see as crucial); Coaching  baseball – both Silverton and Mexico – a future priority, with a Christian focus…a molder of men! Team Rubicon – began slowly, but now in full swing. What’s ahead and what role does the HEO play? ARC – FAST Team, ERV and DAT…sensing that this needs to take a back seat. Neighbors...And more.

6)  Writing… blog and House 27. I would like this to be part of my weekly schedule. Just got to Do It! The blog… Journaling my daily travel…geographically, spiritually and personally. ‘House 27’ … capturing the historical and fictional transition of Marc Ingram from modern day firefighter to the 1915 World Series and beyond. I want to include the elements of a firefighters day and a close representation to the actual World Series events, while adding Marc’s twist and travel. Within, to have excitement, emotion, drama, historical accuracy, stress, joy, imagination and fascination, all the while drawing both the baseball/firefighter enthusiasts and those who could care less :)

7)  Last, but as they say ‘Not Least’… Sipping  coffee with The Savior. A frequent, if not daily cup of joe with Jesus. As well as digging into the well of Scripture. Creating ‘sermons’ of those messages that He’s impacted within this heart. Plus an adventure into ATP … Adenosine Triphosphate … ‘A Timothy Pursuit’. What did Timothy witness during that first journey of Paul and Barnabas? What effect did that experience have on the next three to five years when Paul would return to Lystra and ask Timothy to accompany him? How vital would Timothy be to Paul, Paul to Timothy and Timothy to the body of Christ?

I began writing this while I was in flight to Denver listening to…who else…John Denver! The most appropriate of songs played on my mP3 player as we sailed above the Colorado Rockies…that would be ‘Rocky Mountain High’! What an incredible view it is from 30,000 thousand feet. Farrrrr-out! :)

 

Is that timing or what?

Thank you Stephen Roberts for a beautiful photo!

And John Denver for masterful song!