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A Well Run Life

Peter M Deeley Jr.

Come in. Sit down Take a second You get enough advice This is about nothing And everything And all of it in-between That’s enough for now It’s not a sprint Travel to A Well Run Life.com Tell us how you are

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2:17

Two Dogs

A Well Run Life ·

2016/11/13

In cultural wisdom that I have incorporated into my world view, I learned that there are two dogs inside all of us. The good dog. And the bad dog. And they fight with each other. Which dog wins? The one we feed the most.

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3:02

Dog's Life

A Well Run Life ·

2016/10/25

I am making my dogs omelettes in the morning. They love it. It’s true, my family and I are all a bit snobby about food. In an over-quick yes, my fiancé mistaken said yes to a quartet of baby chicks. “Yes” to her meant that we would talk later. “Yes” to me meant she found them in boxes on the kitchen counter by lunch. In a previous life, she an I lived in the time of great famine. There is no other explanation for the quantity of food that we purchase. We are 7 in total – but at any given

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2:32

Shofar, So Good

A Well Run Life ·

2016/10/02

Not to be indelicate, but it is a menstruation. And I walked right in on her. I am pretty sure she was thinking: I need to get a bell around that guy’s neck. Clearly he was not raised right. The four chickens in the backyard are laying eggs now. And I am eye-balling them every few hours waiting for the next one to drop. My $6.78 tomato plant went in about 4 PM. By 6:30 PM half my investment was in the belly of some neighborhood terrorist. By the next morning, he’d finished the job. I am

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3:09

Chicken Patzer

A Well Run Life ·

2016/09/26

My organic chicken is in a giant Tampax Tampon carton. This vexes me. However, Costco is unmoved by my consternation. It is possible they did not even notice.

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2:31

Use Your Words

A Well Run Life ·

2016/09/22

"TV rots your brain.” My parents tell me this early in life. Being stout, I braved it nonetheless. At age 8, watching Batman, I calculated: I am doing OK in school and I still have good motor skills. It must affect the organ slowly. At 16, I realized my parents had offered the gem as a metaphor. I have mentioned that I am slow? Metaphors amplify the truth. Lies hide it.

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2:44

The House Smells

A Well Run Life ·

2016/09/22

Once, when the family was broke – we bought that muffin dough that comes in an exploding can was on sale: 1 can for a dime. We bought some sort of pig rind that the butcher essentially gave to us. We rendered the fat – fried that cheap dough into doughnuts. It was a triumph.

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3:21

Turner for the Worst

A Well Run Life ·

2016/09/07

I left the church because I would not be – what we called at the time – a “cafeteria” Catholic. This is somebody who picks and chooses what they believe, rather than believe the entire fabric required by the faith. I once made my - now 16 year-old - cry because I sternly corrected what I believed to be selfish behavior on a Christmas morning when she was about 4. Not my strongest moment as a parent, which she reminds me of from time to time. She and her 20 year-old sister would say that I

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2:59

Wilder, DNA

A Well Run Life ·

2016/08/30

I skip many comedies because they seem to be striving for the "most shocking" of crassness and volume. Too little use of language and subtlety for me. Maybe if more comedians had giant eyes like Mr. Wilder, they'd rely less on their volume. Years from now, when asked about the memories of the first movies that made me laugh in a way that made me feel smart, I will surely the report that memory has not died. "It's Alive! It's Alive" I can safely say will be my response.

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3:03

Grapefruit

A Well Run Life ·

2016/08/02

I am pretty sure the grapefruit crime was victimless. It is impossible for me to know if my Nana was just making a mundane task more interesting by placing me in the role of Law-Breaker or whether she really was grooming me as an earner in her own Cosa Nostra.

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2:46

Turns

A Well Run Life ·

2016/08/02

I just returned from an island. One side was calm and the sea placid. Almost too calm – as if the Pacific was just some big lake. The other side churned. The wind, relentless, pushed the sea around in dramatic fashion. It was beautiful, exciting and dangerous. The water smashed against rocks – not so unbreakable – performing gymnastically, acrobatically, ephemerally.

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2:56

Judgment

A Well Run Life ·

2016/08/01

If you can name it, you change your relationship to it. That is my father in a mask. That’s a ledge – not a plank I will be forced to walk. A dog bit me, but all dogs won’t bite me – I am just afraid from that old injury – not the cuddle bug at my feet. When you can name the truth of the situation, you can experience it more fully. Name what scares you – it scares you less. This is also true: Naming the good - amplifies its goodness. You love someone – say it. You happy about it –

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2:54

Spring Break

A Well Run Life ·

2016/07/28

Despite the evidence, I know I am not stupid. My daughters accepted our vacation with perfect, un-solicited gratitude. They enjoyed the trip un-self consciously. Is this not what we all hope for as parents? I have a simple heart. It’s an uncomplicated question to answer: What do you want? Decide what it is and then act accordingly. It doesn’t require any special genius.

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2:25

Not Russian It

A Well Run Life ·

2016/07/27

It takes 6 and a half minutes of vapid attention to scrape my big melon clean. This hair-cut takes 45. And I am told: what’s what what should be what is lamentably not so. He is fearless. No doubt, no hint of uncertainty surfaces in this time. At points I wonder: I am leaving this chair with my ears attached? How close is that blade to my throat? It’s Valentine’s Day. What’s it mean? You decide.

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4:05

Draw Carefully

A Well Run Life ·

2016/07/27

When you only have a hammer, everything looks like a nail. We all need the whole toolbox. Not full of one thing, but with many rulers, saws, pliers, plumb lines. Where you aim at is where you land. Even when it takes more time then you expect, the trajectory you pick will carry you forward unless you really bend yourself towards a new path – and this is hard. Best to draw the bow carefully. Want what you want. Aim at a life you will love.

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2:43

Passion Fruit

A Well Run Life ·

2016/07/27

I am insecure about a great many things, but my work ethic isn’t one of them. I can worry a problem into submission. Of this I am supremely confident. But, I must report, my yard is full of weeds. Laziness? I am growing food to eat. I am experimenting with eating things untouched by chemicals. These plants grow in boxes – large and small - throughout my yard. They are modestly prospering. If I could figure out how I cultivated such a heaven for weeds – and apply it to the calorie reaping

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3:09

Honest Wages

A Well Run Life ·

2016/07/27

I am a not a good cheater. I always pay a deeper price than the bargain I ask for. If I want something that is to be earned, I always have to travel the full nine yards.

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3:06

Man Up

A Well Run Life ·

2016/07/26

“I would flex, but I like this shirt” This is written across a tee shirt my children bought me for Christmas. They have an ironic sense of humor. My many tee shirts neatly folded in front of me, I am trying to rationalize the quantity. How many tee shirts does one man need? Like everyone, I have my insecurities. There are many. However, for many years, I have felt entirely comfortable in describing myself as a man. I am not a boy.

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2:10

The Lion and His Lioness

A Well Run Life ·

2016/07/19

Most things should be shared. But not everything. My parents celebrated 44 years of marriage on Friday with a bouquet of flowers and a hotel room in Seattle. On Facebook they allowed us a photo of the small garden and a note to us that they were happy. 44 years. On one level I feel like I had a front row seat to their romance. But, I also know, what goes on between a man and a woman in love is private. It is a mystery.

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2:46

Grow!

A Well Run Life ·

2016/07/19

We should make all spiritual talk Simple today: God is trying to sell you something, But you don’t want to buy. That is what your suffering is: Your fantastic haggling, Your manic screaming over the price! (Hafiz) “Grow!” My 4 year-old baby sister screams at an intractable seed she planted the day before. Her ferocious spirit commanding the plant to sprout. The seed remained unmoved that morning. I water the dirt in my garden. I bought a bunch of worms. They all impolitely died. The

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2:47

The Last One

A Well Run Life ·

2016/07/19

I like athletes. But not all athletes. “Souls are like athletes, that need opponents worthy of them, if they are to be tried and extended and pushed to the full use of their powers, and rewarded according to their capacity.” ―Thomas Merton,The Seven Storey Mountain Does that make sense to you? Or not?

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