Earlier this week I was watching some old reruns of M*A*S*H.\u00a0 What a well done series that was; funnier the first few years than it was later, in my opinion, because they got more political.\u00a0 But the later years did give us a terrific character: Major Charles Emerson Winchester III.\u00a0 Do you remember this guy?\u00a0 What a pompous ass he was.\u00a0 Speaking of pompous asses, why am I spending your valuable time reminiscing about a sitcom?\u00a0 Good question, but I’ve got an even better answer.<\/p>\n
I’m a big believer in being present<\/strong>.\u00a0 If you’ve read any of my stuff or heard me speak, then you already know this.\u00a0 As a matter of fact, if you’re anything like the agents I meet out here, you might even be tired of hearing it.\u00a0 You might find the whole topic a little touchy-feely<\/em>.\u00a0 “There goes Sean again.\u00a0 He might be a debonair, handsome, witty, intelligent, entertaining, man-of-action; but I’m tired of the Zen-happiness thing.\u00a0 (I took a little license imagining what your thought about me might be;\u00a0 you might not actually find me debonair…)\u00a0 So today I’m going to sneak a little happiness in on you using pop culture: M*A*S*H<\/a> to be specific.<\/p>\n Back to Major Charles Emerson Winchester III<\/a>; as much of a buffoon as he was, the writers also gave him some of the most interesting lines.\u00a0 I’m thinking of two in particular.\u00a0 During one of his character’s early episodes, by way of explaining himself to the other doctors, he says, “I do one thing at a time, I do it very<\/strong><\/em> well, then I move on.”\u00a0 That’s a great line isn’t it?\u00a0 “I do one thing at a time…” sounds like someone who is present<\/em>.\u00a0 Someone who is focused on what he’s doing right then and there.\u00a0 So far, so good.\u00a0 “I do it very<\/em><\/strong> well…”\u00a0 Hmmm, a little ego coming in here;\u00a0 not so much about being present as it is being recognized by others for his accomplishments.\u00a0 “Then I move on.”\u00a0 OK, so now we see that he’s not really present at all.\u00a0 He’s thinking about the next thing, but before Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Earlier this week I was watching some old reruns of M*A*S*H.\u00a0 What a well done series that was; funnier the first few years than it was later, in my opinion, because they got more political.\u00a0 But the later years did give us a terrific character: Major Charles Emerson Winchester III.\u00a0 Do you remember this guy?\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,212],"tags":[380,293],"class_list":{"0":"post-9126","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-casual-friday","7":"category-flourishing","8":"tag-perfect","9":"tag-present","11":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18273,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/18273\/overnight-news-pompous-cowards-is-drab-dresses-supreme-court-abolishes-property-rights-to-avoid-controversy\/","url_meta":{"origin":9126,"position":0},"title":"Overnight News: Pompous cowards is drab dresses: Supreme Court abolishes property rights to avoid\u00a0controversy.","author":"Greg Swann","date":"June 30, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"The Supreme Court handed down a very important decision yesterday: Property rights in the United States emerge from popular opinion and have no basis in the United States Constitution, federal or state laws or the common law of property going back to the Roman Forum. 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