![]() To reinvent your second half with purpose, meaning, and fulfillment, you must identify and cut the invisible strings that no longer serve you. The coffee pot is the perfect allegory for our mid-life journey to meaning. I cut a puppet string and replaced it with agency. Regardless, I will stick with my routine.īut now I am choosing my actions instead of being controlled by previously unverified words spoken over 40 years ago. I've never researched if this is true I bought what an older person said at face value because I trust them.Ī quick Google search yielded a myriad of results some say it will burn what little is left in the pot, others say shattering is a possibility. The coffee pot example may not be that strange, but what dawned on me is this: I am 50 years old, and I've done this for as long as I can recall - all with a twinge of fear lingering in my actions. I heard this as a kid, and it stuck with me.Įvery morning, after I pour the last drop, I turn the machine off and place the empty pot several feet away until it is cool enough to wash. "An empty coffee pot left on the coffee maker will shatter and hurt you." ![]()
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