Hello, my friends and welcome to the Live Inspired Podcasts, Monday morning moments with John O'Leary.

I record these so that you and I can begin our days

and these weeks in awe and on fire with a burst of inspiration. This week is going to begin

with two questions you're ready for them. I guess it's three now, huh? First question. What do you

do when the way of the world seems to fall directly on your shoulders?

How do you show up when you are pulled in so many directions that it feels hard to do anything particularly well?

Well, as I struggled with these questions in my own life, one person cruising past me showed not only how to turn around my outlook,

but also revealed how to avoid the struggle in the first place moving forward. Let me tell you

more about it. My dad has been struggling with excruciating pain radiating from the base of his spine

down through his left leg now for years.

More than 35 years with Parkinson's disease, numerous falls, dozens of broken bones,

and atrophine muscles make alleviated the pain very difficult.

So, our family was looking forward to an appointment with a pain management specials this

past Friday.

Before that appointment, though, I had two separate morning meetings for coffee, a Zoom call

with a client squeezed into an already very tight, busy morning.

Managing workful at the office has always been a blend of exciting and challenging,

but with several significant projects hitting at the same time, and let me give you a little bit

of inside gossip here, some big news coming very soon, my friends, on one of those projects.

Stay tuned.

Keeping everything and everyone moving forward can occasionally generate a little bit of stress in my life. I'm sure you can relate.

Additionally, our family home was bustling last week with four teenage children, all home at

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