Optimize With Brian Johnson | More Wisdom In Less Time

In our last +1, we reflected on the idea that little (and big) oopses provide us with opportunities to appreciate that we’re still alive as we practice gratitude that something much worse didn’t happen.    “At least THAT didn’t happen!”   For me, when I broke my arm, I was grateful I didn’t break my neck. When I tripped and nearly fell the other day, I was grateful I had an abdominal strain and not a trip back to the ER for my arm.   Whenever I think of this re-framing exercise, I think of a dear friend of mine we lost in a tragic speed-flying accident. One of the most beautiful, inspiring, energized people I’ve ever met. Went out for a flight off a mountain he’d jumped off countless times. Wings didn’t open the way they should have. BAM. Gone.    I have tears in my eyes as I type that.    I often think how grateful he would be if he had just broken an arm or even his neck.    Then I alchemize that pain into a virtual fist-bump and hug for his daimon and re-commit to savoring this one precious life of