My wife asked me to run a few errands last week. I had to drive on a busy four-lane highway near where I live and was rounding a curve when I started to veer into the left lane. The Lane Departure Warning in my car detected that I was drifting out of my lane and flashed … More Drifting out of my lane
“As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust, First Part Do you trust yourself? Are you able to tune out the world and check in with yourself? It’s an art and it’s a practice. It isn’t necessarily easy. Most of us were programmed from a young … More Self-Trust Is The New Self-Care
I caught a glimpse of one of the gremlins out of the corner of my right eye and tried to give him a good whack with the back of my hand. Of course, he was too quick for me. He disappeared in a flash. When I looked back up five minutes later, I saw two … More Rounding up the gremlins
Remember when we pondered if we Are We Wired for Fairness, with a surprising video showing… an unexpected story? (No point in ruining the surprise… It wouldn’t be fair :D) It came to mind when Esoterica brought up in a discussion of What Do We Have to Lose that bad things are going to happen, … More Is Life Fair?
Image by Fauxels by Pexels. I was lost. I wasn’t sure whether to turn right or left. In the end, the direction didn’t really matter, because no matter where I turned, it seemed to be the wrong direction. I was a new manager and I was trying to find my way. On top of everything … More I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!
“You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have.” Bob Marley Yes, the c-word I refer to is cancer. It was early May 1996 and a routine pap test detected an abnormality on my cervix. Further testing confirmed the lesion was cervical cancer. After the confirmation things moved … More When the “C” Word Entered My Life
I love it when I hear our grown daughter offer a glimmer of insight so profound that as soon as she says it and the thought flies out of her mouth, she whips her head around just in time to see my grin. Yep. Nothing’s better than catching our children in a moment of knowingness. … More Guarding Our Spare Moments
I met someone recently at one of the kids’ events and as I sat there talking with her, I kept thinking, “Geez, she seems so familiar.” Now that I’ve seen her several times and we’ve had some fairly deep discussions about life, live, work, and family, I finally put my finger on it. She reminds … More Better Off Without
Most of us have had the opportunity to see street performers. A musician, maybe a magician, maybe a pantomime. Here’s a 2ish minute video of a violinist playing classical music in a subway station in DC in the middle of rush hour: During the 45 minutes the violinist played, more than a 1,000 people passed … More Do You Stop and Smell the Roses?
There’s been one of those blog challenge queries floating around on WordPress recently. I know you’ve seen the format- those prompts that ask the blogger to answer a series of questions. I love to read other peoples answers but I’m typically not a fan of participating myself. However, one question in a recent challenge, “What … More Acceptance
The Heart of the Matter 