Comments on: Balance

By: Carrot Love | Carrot Art ~ Trade Show Guru

Carrot Love | Carrot Art ~ Trade Show Guru — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:22:50 +0000

[...] My wife and son planted some carrots this year. Three of the carrots decided to grow together and create carrot art. I call the “art sculpture” these three carrots created Carrot Love. I’ve never seen anything like it. Have you? FYI: The picture (you can click to enlarge) has three views of the same three intertwined carrots. I know my carrot art may not be the face of Christ on a burnt piece of toast, and I’m not planning to sell the carrots on eBay and make a fortune (I think the carrots have already been eaten)… but I still think my “carrot artwork” is pretty cool. Kind of like the picture I took of balanced rocks. [...]

By: Evacuation Focuses the Mind ~ Trade Show Guru

Evacuation Focuses the Mind ~ Trade Show Guru — Tue, 12 May 2009 16:16:32 +0000

[...] I mention all this because in both the Gap fire and the Jesusita fire, we packed our car with “valuables” and were prepared to leave at a moments notice if we saw flames. It’s an unpleasant feeling to have about 15 minutes to decide what to grab and then cram in the back of you car, and to think about driving away from your house and perhaps coming back to a smoldering ruin. Having gone through it twice, I’ve had enough, and hope to never go through it again. The experience does remind me though that life is about balance. [...]

By: Gardening, zip-lines, tadpoles, and God ~ Trade Show Guru

Gardening, zip-lines, tadpoles, and God ~ Trade Show Guru — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 19:37:28 +0000

[...] got plenty of excuses. First, like most of us, I am working a lot these days. And, given that life is about balance, I’ve spent my small amount of free time on things other than penning more trade show wisdom. [...]

By: The Trade Show Guru

The Trade Show Guru — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 03:28:41 +0000

hi Janice,
Thanks for stopping by. I could also use better balance between my awake time (which is usually working) and my asleep time. I always tell myself I can sleep tomorrow, but tomorrow never seems to come. I guess I’ll have to wait for retirement, which given the market, might be a little further away now. ~ Steve

By: Mom On The Run

Mom On The Run — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 02:30:57 +0000

Great post! Balance is definitely something I struggle with. That said, I need to go to sleep and balance my awake time with my sleep time

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By: The Trade Show Guru

The Trade Show Guru — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:50:50 +0000

hi RT (aka Master of the Philippines),
Thanks for stopping by, and thanks for the flashback. I have fond memories of summers during my childhood spent exploring, building tree forts, playing kick-the-can, and just being a kid. I guess I was lucky to have a very “balanced” childhood.
~ Steve

By: Master of the Philippines

Master of the Philippines — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 12:48:50 +0000

I have 4 brothers, 1 of which is younger. When we were young, we were always doing weird stuff like this just for the sake of doing. Once, when I lived in Hawaii, several of us (including a sister or two) climbed to the summit of a small mountain next to a sugar cane plantation. When we got there, we found someone had built a small rock structure next to a stream. We were amazed when we found a helicopter landing pad along the ridge.

By: The Trade Show Guru

The Trade Show Guru — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 15:26:07 +0000

hi Mitch,
Thanks for stopping by! Yes, I would bet it was kids that knocked the piles over, though it wouldn’t take much. I’m sure whoever built them knew they wouldn’t last (like building sandcastles on the beach at low tide, or making sidewalk chalk drawings at an outdoor art festival). I especially admire artists who will spends so much time creating something incredible but temporary.
Thanks again! ~ Steve

By: Mitch

Mitch — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 06:20:16 +0000

Steve, welcome to the world of the real blogger. This was a wonderful post, and you got it right, because you saw something that inspired you, and you wrote about it. That’s what blogging is all about. The pictures are amazing, but it does make you wonder who did it, why, and which kid (had to be a kid) decided to knock them down later (had to be a male kid).

Everything in life is about balance. Some people aren’t balanced in their lives, and that causes consternation. With balance, we feel better, and we do better in everything, including blogging.

Wonderful post; absolutely great stuff.

By: The Trade Show Guru

The Trade Show Guru — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:30:33 +0000

hi Tim,
You’re welcome.
I was being tongue-in-cheek about being a “real” blogger. I think Lee explained perfectly how in the beginning we can get the blogging bug and view everything in life though the filter of “can I write a blog post about this…”, but when we go back to a state of “balance” and zen, our blogging actually improves (or at least we think it does)…
Now about that chicken… ~ Steve