The annual Thanksgiving Day family party was a big success with one exception…yours truly! You see there is such a thing as “too much” fun and in my case “too much” Fireball! As one might expect, too many drinks leads to some rather bizarre behavior, made worse by the advent of Vine videos which, thanks…
Recently I’ve been listening to the audio book, “The Happiness Hypothesis” and more specifically a sub-chapter entitled, “The Adversity Hypothesis.” In the segment the author posits the question of whether or not adversity makes you stronger. An interesting question, don’t you think? But, as you may have come to expect by now, I plan to hit this subject…
I don’t think you would find it a stretch if I said that everyone is after peace of mind. We make more and more money in attempt to find peace. We buy life insurance with the hopes of ensuring peace for our loved ones. We take trips into nature to enjoy the peace that we believe…
This is a blog about living without debt, but has nothing to do with your financial decisions. Rather this is summary of the greatest story ever told; a story about how to have a fulfilling and effectual relationship with God. But, I’m going to warn you right up front, if you are a fan of…
I imagine that all of us like to feel good. All of us want to experience happiness, right? Yet feeling good and being happy appear to be somewhat elusive and mysterious, don’t they? So that got me thinking (a dangerous proposition I know). How many Facebook memes give advice on being happy? Happiness is ___________…
Admittedly, I have never been a fan of restrictions or anything that puts people under bondage. I guess you could say I’m a liberal if liberal means “stop trying to live everyone else’s life and just do you!” You know how annoying it is when you run into those people who insist on telling you…
My grandsons were at the house this past weekend enjoying a good romp and mess making opportunity (goes with the territory!). Two year-old Tristan, formerly playing quietly with the iPad on the couch, suddenly launched it onto to the floor! So I said, “Hey Tristan, you can’t throw the iPad on the floor! You are…
Forgive me for overworking the YOLO cliché, but I’ve got something to say that I know will help you live a little better. If you think about how many times people use that cliché and it’s context, you’ll find something very interesting. Almost every time we say it, we are making some reference to…
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…
“You don’t understand. I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am, let’s face it.” (On the Waterfront, circa 1954) Sorry for using an old movie reference, but how many times have you engaged in the shoulda…woulda…coulda mentality? I cannot think of a mental state more…