Is Silence Golden?

I have had a thought evolving in my cranium for several years now.  Even as I start to write this, I'm not 100% sure that it has fully evolved or if I can properly convey it. The more I learn, the more people I meet or different perspectives I see, my thought changes or at least my understanding of its concept does. Now, I'm kind of building it up a bit, but I'm talking about communication. No biggie right? Well, every time it think I have it figured out, something happens to tweak my understanding just a bit.  I haven't posted on this before because where does one start and end on a topic so vast. The ability for beings to communicate is vital. As a human race, we have evolved from grunting to speaking to tapping little electronic devices. We have harnessed amazing technologies to be able talk with, email or text anyone, anywhere any time. We can instantly beam pictures or videos of what we are doing right now to massive audiences via numerous apps. We can also send little cartoon characters to friends and family to convey our inner most feelings or emotions at any given time. Now, out of respect for everyone's time, I am truly just sctratching the surface of this topic as I want to get the the actual point of my post.
What has been bugging me as my perspective evolves is, when does communication become over-communication? When do words loose their meaning? When does it all become noise?
As we over-communicate does quality give way to quantity? If so, does this create apathy in our communication? I think it may, without us even knowing it. Is silence the answer? I guess it depends on the question, but as a solution to over-communication, I'd say no.
As I have said, I have been mulling this one over for some time, but I have recently come across a reboot of an old song that really made think about it even deeper. If you haven't seen or heard this yet, I hope you enjoy.

Thanks for reading.

Mike

http://youtu.be/u9Dg-g7t2l4

The Moment

There have been a few posts and conversations lately about living in the moment. The common theme it seems, is that everyone is rushing from point A to point B to C and so on. I think most people can relate to this. This morning, amidst rushing to make sure I was ready for work, the kids were ready for school, everybody had food in their belly and a whole bunch of other stuff I'm sure, the concept of living in the moment popped in my head out of nowhere. I concsiously took the time to stop and smell the roses so to speak. Well it's too early for roses, but I took a few minutes before I left for work to lean up against my car, close my eyes and just listen.  This was a day changer. I heard the wind, a pair of ducks, a faint train whistle, a rooster, a crow, a distant car on the highway and for just a little while, absolutely nothing. This was a great start to an otherwise hectic day.
As I got home, I found myself continuing my hectic work pace at home. I thought back to this morning and truly realized how important it is to live in the moment.
Just thought I would share my slight epiphany for the day.

Thanks for reading.

Mike

Time to Refocus

I missed posting last week. That's been bugging me since last Sunday. I've attempted to sit down and write several times but it never came to fruition. Oh, I had plenty of excuses, house full of company, spring chores, travel for work, just too busy. But at the end of the day, I just kept letting myself get distracted. I know we have talked about the ups and downs and when life does get in the way and you are at a low, you just have to climb back up. Well, that's where I'm at.  Time to reevaluate and refocus. At the beginning of the year I indicated that this is where I stumbled last year. I didn't take the time to regularly review and a bad week turned to 2 and then 3 and before I knew it several months went by. 

Although I have been doing my requirements regularly, my numbers are not where they should be. With all this beautiful weather though, my Kms are increasing. 

Here are my total numbers as of this week.  

PU - 4135

SU - 2315

Km - 150

Kempis - 60

Chucks - 179

AOK - 160

Thanks for reading. 

Mike