Kirk Nugent

“The dog in the kennel barks at his fleas,
The dog that hunts does not feel them.”
Chinese Proverb

Have you noticed that people who are actively engage in pursuing their passion are seldom distracted by the little thorns of life? On Saturday my son flew from West Palm Beach to New Jersey. This is the beginning of his summer vacation and he was excited about spending time with his grandmother and cousins. He had a connecting flight in Charlotte, North Carolina. Upon his arrival in Charlotte, his connecting flight was delayed for twelve hours. He periodically texted me (have you notice that kids don’t talk anymore, they text?) to let me know the status of his flight. Continue Reading »

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Just For Today

Life is staring me down, Like Malcolm Gladwell waiting for me to blink

Everything is on the line and in this game of nerves, I’m trying hard not to flinch.

And just then I stop and think

That by the yard it’s hard, but inch by inch everything is a cinch.

And just by memorizing that one line, that one little rhyme

I’ve come to realize that the most effective way to eat an elephant

Is one bite at a time.

So I don’t have to be on point

No, not every day from June right back until May

All I have to do is manage my decisions…just for today

Just for today

I will prepare for my future

Because I know you either get good at sowing in the spring

Or begging in the winter

So today I’m keeping it moving like a marching band drummer

Because I know there will come a time when winter will ask

What have you been doing all summer? Continue Reading »

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Consequence Is No Coincidence

“Everybody soon or late sits down to a banquet of consequences,

Ironically we spend a lifetime preparing the menu but are often dissatisfied

when the meal is finally served”

Robert Louis Stevenson

Sometime ago I wrote a blog explaining that our thoughts are manifesting much faster than they used to. The magnetic fields of the Earth have been reduced and now thoughts are coming back at rapid speed. Not only are thoughts retuning to us and we’re meeting the ‘Word’ as ‘Flesh’ but Karma is returning at lightning speed. Continue Reading »

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>??????ning Out My Closet

For the past month, I’ve felt an overwhelming need to clean out my closet. Not that it was filled with junk, just a little disorganized, and I had quite a few items of clothing that I no longer wear. Yesterday, I finally put my schedule on hold and spent most of the afternoon cleaning and re-organizing my closet.

I was able to pack some stuff away into a couple of Glad Garbage Bags and called the Salvation Army to come and retrieve the contents because they no longer served me and I am sure they would be useful to someone else.

The process didn’t take too long and it wasn’t a tedious effort, but I guess that I procrastinated for a month because I knew that the ‘cleaning of my closet’ was a symbolic move for what needed to be done in my life. There are a few people in my life that no longer serve me, they’ve become the emotional clutter that was stored away in the closet and I decided that now is the best time to “make the cut”.

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No Need To Miss Your Flight (Part II)

Now let’s get back to the airport and the business of baggage. Usually when we take a trip, be it business or pleasure, our luggage is actually something that we want to take with us. Be it that favorite business suit, your most comfortable pair of slacks or your best pair of shoes. So for this analogy, let’s look at luggage in a more positive light. Let’s assume that the luggage that you wanted to take with you are your dreams, your goals, your ideals, in short your most intimate desires.

Prior to September 11th 2001 there were three questions that you had to answer correctly regarding your luggage (dreams) before you would be cleared to head to your destination.
If you answered the question incorrectly, you would be delayed and sometimes even denied. Question number one: Did you pack your luggage yourself?

In other words, are these your dreams? The place that you’re trying to get to, is that your vision or is this what society told you that you ought to be? Because if you didn’t pack your bags yourself, at some point you’ll open them up and find that this is not what you wanted to bring along. These shoes (career, relationship ect.) don’t fit. So now you have to re-pack and once again, you’re delayed and could quite possibly be denied. Are you in this relationship and planning to get married because this is what your heart and soul is telling you to do? Or are you trying to fulfill your parent’s dreams of having grand children before they die? Continue Reading »

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