When I find myself listening to some else speak one of the things I have to remind myself not to do is to listen ahead. Not to shut out what is being said in favor of reaching my own conclusions before the other person is finished saying what they have to say. In my book Bear […]
Technology is wonderful. I love being able to whip out my cell phone and look up the name of an actor or the date the Magna Carta was signed, or where to get my next cup of coffee. Facts at my fingertips; a dream come true. But what do we do with this wealth of
As we jump into 2017 many of us have made plans, lots of plans for what this year will bring. We have made plans to do, do, do things, things, things. As IN-powering as this may be sometimes the most powerful thing we can do is…..nothing. As we do, do, do we must take
As I often say, “They give you youth, the rest you have to earn.” So, yes, I am older in years than I was even yesterday. This means I have a choice; I can look at life and say “I have lived so long I know it all”, or I can say “I have lived
“If at first you don’t succeed, try and try again.” How many times have you heard this sage advice during your lifetime? There have been times when someone has said this to me and I have gotten sooooo frustrated. “I have tried, and tried, and tried again and still its not working! Though my own
We have all heard the phrase “knowledge is power.” and this is true, however knowledge, the knowing of things, places, events, ideas, how-to’s, by themselves are simply information. It takes wisdom to pull all these individual elements together into something which is worthwhile. Many people are great with knowledge; they can recite facts, convey history,
The Good Book tells us to “Do Unto Others as we would have the Do Unto Us.” This loving reminder seems to have taken on a different twist over the years into “Do Unto Others Before they Do Unto US!” We cannot live both ways; either we treat others as we would be treated, or
Information comes at us at such an amazing pace these days; internet, television, radio, billboards, heck, even our phones are pumping information at us constantly. Keeping in touch with the world is not an issue anymore; keeping in touch with ourselves has become our most pressing challenge. We can loose ourselves in the sheer volume
You know what happens when you have too many tabs open on your computer, right? The computer slows down. Switching between the various pages just leads us deeper into more stuff and often takes us away from what it is we want to do. Often times we get so caught up in chasing a piece of
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One of the reasons I write frequently about the dangers of gossip is that gossip is one side of the story. It is one side of a story told with overlaid emotions specifically intended to get the listener to buy into the story being told. To buy into One Side of the Story, and usually
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