The Driving With Rob Podcast

A kind word or gesture can make my day.  A compliment goes a long way!  Make a conscious effort today to make someone else's day.  A compliment or a word of encouragement that makes someone say "that made my day!" not only helps them, it reduces your stress and anxiety too!  When you're focused on someone else, you're less worried about your own problems.  Go out and try to make someone's day!      

We all want one more day to finish a project or to get a report done for school.  We wish we had one more day with loved ones who have passed on.  What would you do differently if you knew you only had one more day?

Sometimes things don't go according to plan and result in unintended consequences.  The thing you never anticipated produced a result you never expected.  Unintended consequences can be tragic, but not always.  Sometimes the thing you never expected turns out to be the best thing that ever happened to you!  

I'm usually running a few minutes later than I intended.  Being late is a habit with me.  Is habitually lateness passive aggressive?  It can be.  In my case it's a combination of procrastination and the fact that I don't have to punch a clock.  

Anxiety is why you don't have peace and serenity.  The fear of failure is where the anxiety is coming from.  Ask yourself if there's anything you can do to change the situation.  If there's nothing you can do to change it, why worry about it?

#Serenity

#Peace

#Anxiety     

Irreconcilable differences is legal grounds for divorce.  The recent announcement by Kelly Clarkson that she was getting divorced caused me to think about the term "irreconcilable differences" itself.  I don't believe any differences can't be reconciled if you're willing to try.    

 

When it came to cowboys, John Wayne was always the good guy.  With Clint Eastwood cowboys you weren't always sure.  It's getting harder to tell the good guys from the bad guys.  Is the enemy of my enemy my friend? 

The origin of the phrase "stay in touch" probably used to mean "within arm's reach" of each other, face to face communication.  Now a text message serves the same purpose.  Are we actually staying "in touch" when we're far away from each other?  With the covid19 lockdown, that may be as good as it gets for a while.  Stay in touch!   

Mulberry trees are fascinating to me.  I had this odd plant growing in my backyard that had differently shaped leaves on the same branch.  I decided to let it live just to see what it would become and eventually it started producing berries.  Who knew!  

This episode is more about political beliefs.  Faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen - Hebrews 11:1, but when it comes to political beliefs, you should be able to give reasons WHY you believe what you believe.

#election2020 

#blocked