Think back to the last time you were on vacation. Whether it was lounging on a sandy beach or taking in the gorgeous views during a mountain hike or languishing in your hotel room in a beautiful city or the smell of bacon frying in the morning while camping by the side of the lake; what makes your vacation time…
Since sleeping is not a conscious state of mind, you can’t really know that you were asleep until you wake up, right? Read that sentence again… (No really, read that sentence again…) Similarly, you can’t really know that you are “sleep-walking” through life unless you finally wake up. Naturally, since you know that you aren’t…
Recently I find myself fascinated by a book called, “The Power of Habits” by Charles Duhigg. In the book, Duhigg talks about how we develop habits. At first when we are after some reward, our brains are alive with activity as we process how to find the way to get a desired result. But,…
I find it disturbing when I read comments from members of various religious groups advising people to allow the Holy Spirit to use them; or ask God to use them to fulfill His purposes in life. Call me crazy, but the prospect of someone or something using me is downright scary! Submitting to God, I…
When I think of a family room, I picture a warm inviting place. The couch and love seat have large cushions and beckon you to lounge awhile. There’s a fireplace flickering and sending out its heat. The whole place is filled with family, all relaxed and feeling free to be themselves. Sure there are occasional arguments and differences of…
Not too long ago we came home kind of late following a get together with some close friends. We had partaken of some beverages and it was sort of late. My wife went to bed before me and I waited while fulfilling an attack of the munchies that besieged me. Went I finally sauntered into…
Learning Happiness….
The human mind is truly a fascinating thing, isn’t it? Our brains have all this capacity to process information, classify, categorize and the like. We can store information; retrieve memories and even combine multiple ideas to form new conclusions. Yet with all of this unlimited mental technology at our fingertips, what do we do? We…
I had an interesting revelation the other day. I started getting a cold (inherited from my grandson, who inherited it from daycare) and happened to be going away on a business trip to California. Kind of bad timing I think, but I sought to minimize its effects by purchasing a killer NyQuil, DayQuil combo package. You take the…
Have you ever been in a situation where you are being nice or kind and someone takes a shot at you? You know what I mean. You are minding your own business and getting your stuff done with a great attitude and suddenly someone comes along and pees in your Cheerios! You were really having a great…