Promise #27: Feel the ground

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The foot feels the foot when it feels the ground.

-Buddha

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If this is true

—if the foot feels the foot when it feels the ground—

then it stands to reason the ear feels the ear when it hears music

the eye feels the eye when it sees art

the nose feels the nose when it smells fresh air

the mouth feels the mouth with every kiss

the hand feels the hand when it grips the key to the heart

and the heart feels the heart when it is heartbreakingly empty or euphorically full.

Promise #26: Church yourself

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Worship the ground you walk on.

Make peace with a demon.

Sit in silence. Walk through noise.

Forgive yourself. Forget it all.

Embrace the world around you.

Act high. Be mighty.

Dive deep. Swim fast.

Sit down. Stop working.

Inhale.

Exhale.

Sacrifice drama.

Satiate your soul.

Speak.

Listen.

Think.

Sing.

Laugh.

Rise and shine.

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Photo ⓒ Neal Fowler

Rewind

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I thought it might be nice to pause for just a post and rewind to a few favorite promises here and abroad. So here goes…

If you’re new to Twisted Pinky, check out where it all began: Promise #1: Stay true to YOU. Consider this your homework for the weekend: a quickie and a nap, not necessarily in that order. Thank me later.

If you’re not new, but you want a little pick me up, then head over to Promise #7: Take Sundays off. Afterall, Sunday is just two days away. If you combine Promise #1 and #7 you’ll guarantee yourself one hell of a weekend.

If you’re not looking forward to your weekend because something is stuck in your craw then read Promise #18 immediately.

If you want to laugh, then check out this Awesome post. It’s one of 1000. I’m going to share it with my two boys in just a few minutes. They will LOVE it.

If you’re wondering why I sent you to that Awesome post, it’s because of Promise #4: Be childish. Watch and learn.

If you’re thinking you need to reassess who is playing on your team then, by all means, read Promise #8: Find your Popeyes, Lose your wimpys.

If you’re looking for a quick way to enjoy rest of your day (or life) then rewind to Promise #22.

Hope your weekend is full of promise. Cheers!

Promise #25: Leave on a high note

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It happened by chance that I heard Jerry tell George, “When you hit that high note, you say goodnight and walk off.” Thursday night was date night in 1998 and that coincided with this episode of Seinfeld. Funny how life unfolds.

I’m surprised that the actual tip—always leave on a high note—never blew in one ear and out the other. It blew in and took the empty seat next to tip number one: always wear clean underwear.

I’m not one to point fingers, but I think my ego is to thank. I think it saw that little line for what it was and then started wearing it like a suit of armor. After all, the only way to leave on a high note is to check your ego at the door.

Consider Lance Armstrong. If his ego allowed him to pedal away from the Tour while he was still a beacon of sunshine in a yellow jersey, he’d still be a beacon of sunshine in a yellow jersey…not some guy having trouble pedaling a bike.

I’m just saying: I know it’s hard.

Nobody wants to walk away from a world full of rainbows and unicorns. That state of being is usually the goal. And therein lies the whole problem. Blissdom should be the platform, not the prize.

Promise #24: Mix up a little sin-tini

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A long and fruitful google search for “twisted pinky” led me to liquor-world.

With angels singing in the background, I scrolled the list of twisted recipes. And there it was—nestled between the Love-tini and Original Sin—my new, official, summer sin-tini:

Twisted Pinky

3/4 oz Smirnoff Citrus
3/4 oz Smirnoff Orange
1/2 oz triple sec
1/2 oz cranberry juice
Splash each of lemon-lime soda and sweet n’ sour
4 lemon wedges
Shake. Sit back. Smile.