What if Your Life Was Being Dictated by a Single Second? Not a minute. Not an hour. One second. And what if that one second was happening over and over and over again? Because, in reality, it definitely is. There is a moment in every situation where something happens,...
The Calls Kept Coming... Wonderful offers. Big money. Really big money. Much more money than I was earning. And every time, I politely said no. These weren’t random opportunities. They were specific to my industry, as I had received some recognition in the years...
Little Things Can Ruin You. There’s a stump on our beach. It’s not much to look at, but it serves a pretty important purpose. It provides a little protection for some of the land behind it. The problem is, the water doesn’t care about this stump. The waves come in....
I Stood in The River with a Fishing Rod in My Hand. But I wasn't fishing. For several minutes, I just stood there watching two beautiful egrets and two great blue herons have a little standoff as they figured out how to share the same stretch of creek. After a little...
Every Area of Your Life Where Things are Really Good, You Went Through a Lot to Get to This Place. Nothing is ever perfect in life. No matter how good your life is. For me, there is always something I can consider to be less than I would prefer. And when I consider...
How Do You Feel at a Funeral? What do you think about? More importantly, who do you think about? Because something interesting happens at a funeral. For a moment, all the noise gets turned down. The house. The car. The bank account. The title. The status. The opinions...
There are People in Your Life Whose Word You Don't Trust. This isn't about dishonesty per se, or intent to do you harm. I mean people who you tell you they will do something, but you don't believe them. How did you come to not trust them? Because they have promised...
Would You Want to Spend 12 Years in a Cage? Probably not. But that is exactly what is happening for a large amount of the population. Only the cage is their body, and the sentence is largely self-imposed. Here's what I mean: The average lifespan in the United States...
This Years 250th 4th of July Celebration Found Me Introspective.... I was thinking from a deep gratitude perspective about how fortunate I am to live in a country where freedom is a core value. And this was, and is, purely good fortune. Something I had nothing to do...
We all Understand Grief When It Comes to Losing Someone We Love. While the process of this is unique for everyone, we all can relate to the immense feeling of loss. Coming to grips with never seeing, touching, hearing, laughing with this person ever again. Like a part...
