After having lived awhile on this planet, I know what can happen to a person. You start out as a youngster full of excitement and enthusiasm for the future. You have big dreams and you are going to be somebody! You are young and you are invincible. Your heart is open and receptive and eager to…
I don’t know about you (well, really I do – smile) but, I have had an obsession with that bathroom scale for about 10 years now. Here’s how a typical morning looks. I get up in the morning; take a leak; then strip off all those heavy undergarments and step on the scale. The number…
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 3,900 views in 2012. If every person who reached the top of Mt. Everest viewed this blog, it would have taken 7 years to get…
I vividly remember back when I was in the Utah National Guard and we were playing basketball at lunchtime in the armory. Being a basketball lover, I had to settle for a game with the “palookas.” (Palooka is the slang name for people who play basketball, but don’t really play basketball and have somehow learned that…
Good question, right? Everyone is so busy nowadays… And, if you don’t appear too busy, they assume something is not quite right with you. Have you ever stopped to ponder why we are so busy? Busy, busy, busy; no time for anything! Is it good to be that busy? Does busy mean we are getting things…
Relationships come in all shapes and sizes (yes, clichés are my life!). Relationships represent one of, if not the greatest, component of our lives. You can’t really function as a human without some sort of relationship. Oh, you can try, but you aren’t going to be very happy. But when it comes to relationships between men and women, we…
Being an avid Facebooker, I have read many things concerning the recent tragedy that struck Newtown, Connecticut. I came to the conclusion that Americans are wonderful, kind, loving folks that sincerely want to help during times of great adversity. I have never read so many calls for love and kindness and prayers before. So I…
That space that you occupy on earth is your space and yours alone. But, I thought I would let you in on a little secret. The real space that you occupy exists between your left ear and your right ear. So, I ask, are you in a good space? Or, how is your world according to…
I have been thinking a lot lately about happiness and why it seems to be so dang elusive to folks. It appears that most of us are seeking after it and many of us don’t experience it nearly as often as we would like. So, one of the most important questions in our lives becomes, “why is that?” …
I was thinking, the other day, about my family and how well we all get along together. I mean we genuinely enjoy each others company! I wondered, “What is it that makes our family sing?” How did we get four children that not only hang out together but even live in the same apartments, with one married…