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out, a gratitude attitude that’s a sure recipe for a delicious lifestyle. The Upbeat Times, too, is a tasty melting pot of in- gredients, a colorful collage of Paul’s psyche: Informative and inspiring articles, wise sayings for living a good life, wow-fac- tor facts and trivia, humor and playfulness, even local talent- scouting and recognizing kind acts. –And the ads, a pot pourri of businesses Paul believes in, helping fund the publishing machine each month. If my dictionary definition of upbeat is being optimistic and cheer- ful, Paul Doyle fits it to a T. MARCIA: I was recently chat- ting with another U.T. colum- nist who exclaimed, “Paul is such an upbeat dude –seems happy all the time!” Are you happy all the time, Paul? PAUL: That’s not humanly possible, but maybe 90% of the time I am. The other 10%


are challenges, tools for mak-


ing corrections, making things better tomorrow. MARCIA: What might go awry then, and how would you use it to pick yourself up? PAUL: I don’t have too many things that go awry except what’s between my two ears ! In my mind! My biggest ob- stacle is my thought process, doubting my abilities to move forward. I can be hard on my- self about accomplishing the mountains of things I’d like to do. I’m still a kid, dreaming of that home run –that success – and also wanting to be humble about it.


And realize that not


everyone will agree with me or approve of my decisions, so I take that in stride. MARCIA: Seems you’ve learned to bear witness to your own inner Doubting Thomas. That’s a cool mindfulness skill. Then you apply faith and take


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action to improve your situa- tion, inserting a lot of infec- tious, kid energy about what’s coming next. PAUL: My wife Valerie helps remind me that I have succeed- ed in all my chosen endeavors, even though I still have some unfulfilled dreams, like with my music, art, or being a philo- sophical public speaker, talking about being a human being in everyday life… that wherever you go, don’t get so caught up that you forget who you are. And acknowledge that we’re all equal --no bigger, better or lesser than each other. MARCIA: We’ve touched on a few qualities in our upbeat arsenal, or palette of colors: having humility, honesty, forth- rightness, a sense of wonder to share about. PAUL: I’m in awe of things I can’t control, like weather, na- ture, galaxies, stars… Maybe getting back to our roots, the basics is part of being upbeat. -- And not bringing my iphone here, so I can give you my full attention. You get 100% of who I am right this moment. MARCIA: Being present, and getting away from our fast- paced living styles? Buried in messages, info, emails? PAUL: They can wait… An- other good thing about prac- ticing an upbeat lifestyle is its vibes. We put out a vibration and quite simply, wherever you go, like things occur exponen- tially.


MARCIA: Like attracts like… PAUL: So if you’re alive, be fully aware of it, act like it. Take responsibility, use our real intelligence in life, including the benevolence of existence. Kindness resonates with me, I aspire to be more kind. Not that I’ve been mean, but I used to get very upset with injustices & my family’s hostility to me. MARCIA: Did you get teased or bullied as a kid? PAUL: Oh yeah. I tended to talk a lot and say silly things to


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