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 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
I think that to live a full life, a life which is rich and textured, we must have a good sense of humor about ourselves. The ability to look in from the outside and see how often we do things which later can only be explained only with the words; “well, I thought it was
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Here’s one of those things I am not all that proud about; my quest for approval. Know what I mean? When you know what is the right thing to do yet you do something else simply because you believe it is what someone else wants? Not a great feeling is it. Humans are, by nature,
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Although Donna Summer sang this song beautifully in the 70’s, it’s not much of a credo by which to live. Have I mentioned in these blogs that words have power? Do you want to just survive, or do you want to thrive? It takes the same amount of energy to commit yourself to surviving the
Most of us want to change our lives in one way or another; some are huge changes, some are just “tweeking,” but very few of us have everything in our lives exactly the way we have visioned. Too often we grow frustrated that said changes have not occurred, or not occurred so we can see
For the most part I am a very happy guy. You have probably picked-up from these blogs that I like to live from possible and see the positive in all things. True, and true, but last night I fell into a funk. My beloved said something to me which was both true and very loving, but
Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote; Do not follow where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path, and leave a trail.” Ponder that for a moment or two, what does it mean to you? For me it means recognizing that I may not be everyones cup of tea, heck I am certain
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Hell is the place where you get everything you want. Heaven is the place you get everything you need. Before you go all Biblical on me, consider this thought; what if you did live in a place where your every wish was met; where every time you put a quarter in a slot machine you
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Through our years on this planet we have thought many thoughts, been taught many things, and believed many others. Some of these thoughts no longer serve us well, yet there they are; buried in our subconscious, still acting out as if they were our real beliefs today, even if we would scream in denial if
