MUSINGS and other writing by Mark Kolke

. . . . . . there is no edge to openness

TODAY'S MUSINGS

FEEDBACK / COMMENTS

MARK SPEAKS

MARK'S SPEAKING TIPS

ARCHIVED COLUMNS

ARCHIVE WINTER 2020-21

ARCHIVE AUTUMN 2020

ARCHIVE SUMMER 2020

ARCHIVE SPRING 2020

ARCHIVE WINTER 2019-20

ARCHIVE AUTUMN 2019

ARCHIVE SUMMER 2019

ARCHIVE SPRING 2019

ARCHIVE WINTER 2018-19

ARCHIVE AUTUMN 2018

ARCHIVE SUMMER 2018

ARCHIVE SPRING 2018

ARCHIVE WINTER 2017-18

ARCHIVE AUTUMN 2017

ARCHIVE SUMMER 2017

ARCHIVE SPRING 2017

ARCHIVE WINTER 2016/17

ARCHIVE AUTUMN 2016

ARCHIVE SUMMER 2016

ARCHIVE SPRING 2016

ARCHIVE WINTER 2015/16

ARCHIVE AUTUMN 2015

ARCHIVE SUMMER 2015

ARCHIVE SPRING 2015

ARCHIVE WINTER 2014/15

ARCHIVE AUTUMN 2014

ARCHIVE SUMMER 2014

ARCHIVE SPRING 2014

ARCHIVE WINTER 2013/14

CONTACT

MY REAL ESTATE LIFE

WHY I WRITE MUSINGS

SHORT STORY PROJECT

POETRY PROJECT

SELECTED OTHER WORK

 

WHAT IS AHEAD OF ME
… is far more important than what is behind me
Tuesday July 22, 2014
 
 
 
I’m here.
 
I’m there ….
 
Having published today’s FACILITYCalgary issue from Hilton Garden Inn of Fort Collins, I am, apparently, able to work from anywhere!
 
Enjoying this rocky mountain high. 
 
High altitude – the ride from Denver was akin to a bus ride in southern Alberta – prairie wheat fields, hay, horses, cattle, foothills, mountains. People and places, it might seem, are interchangeable.
 
A relaxing day of travel – plane, train, bus, van – and joys of navigating the Denver airport (third largest in the world I’m told – or was that 3rd most frenetic?).
 
I am here for a 4-day residential real estate sales training course. True, I don’t do much residential work, but I’ve heard nothing but rave reviews from colleagues about this Ninja Training – that I can’t imagine it not doing me a lot of good, largely because it seems to be about developing better personal habits, seeing things differently. 
 
Even if it doesn’t meet expectations – this weather and being so near mountains has to be good for me.
 
And a break is good. 
 
It isn’t feet-up time, but it is a break from daily routine, break from usual, break from expected, break from usual. That strikes me as all-good.
 
I’ll be venturing into unknown territory, unknown people in a place I’ve just arrived for the first time. It feels more like ‘bottom step’ of a staircase more than ‘about to go off a cliff’, but I expect in some regards it will be a bit of both. 
 
Possibly scary, probably safe, likely life-altering. 
 
I could use some scary, some safe, some life-altering.
 
Don’t we all need some of that on a daily basis?
 
 
Mark Kolke
196,380  
column written/ published from Fort Collins, Colorado
 
morning walk:  63F, gorgeous morning here in the Colorado foothills – perfect temperature/time of day for a long walk – ideas percolating, energy level high, perhaps that Colorado Mountain High that John Denver sang about …
 
 
Reader feedback / comments always welcome:
 
MISSING HIM
Dear Mark, I can very much understand how you feel. When my stepfather died (I was very close to him) it was a shock, I was devastated and very, very sad (especially because he died before his time). But after a few weeks this feeling got smaller, I got back to normal somehow. But then for me it was like he was on a holiday and that he would come back in a while. When I realized he would never come back, another form of sadness began, MS, Frankfurt, Germany

Sign up to get MUSINGS by Email
» click HERE to be added to our list!
For Email Marketing you can trust

MUSINGS
daily stirrings

 
read my posts on MEDIUM
 
read my posts on TWITTER 
 

 
quick link - to this season's ARCHIVED COLUMNS
 

 
quick link - to this year's DAILY QUOTES
 

 
quick link - to my weekly FACILITYCalgary newsletters
 

 
quick link - to my Linked in page
 

 
quick link - to my MaxComm business website
 

 
quick link - to my office leasing website
 

 
quick link - to my residential real estate services website
 

quick link - discussion of office leasing 
 

sign up to get Musings free daily


Comments are always welcome - please contribute to the discussion.  Reply to: kolke@markkolke.com

You can also connect with me on LinkedIn. This site is updated daily, each column is retained in the archive when the next day's column is loaded ...  


Copyright - all rights reserved - Mark Kolke, © 2003-2021