“You’ll know you’re winning when you are no longer thinking about yourself.” There it was, a sparkling result, indeed synthesis of the many things I had been talking over with my “Papa.” I have found my weekly trips to visit my mother have provided me with a rich opportunity for communion with my God of…
I think it would be a fair assumption that most people hope to get into heaven. Heaven being that place where we live with God forever. Yet, so many religions and creeds and dogmas exist, all with different entrance exam requirements. Some preach self-denial as a response to their “wicked” flesh. Others have extensive lists…
Every week I make an infamous video called, “Old Fashioned Friday” where your’s truly features unlimited variations of the classic Old Fashioned. It’s hilarious, at least in my eyes. I close every show with the words, “I hope you are enjoying your life.” Old Fashioned’s certainly have the potential to help you enjoy your life…
Have you ever gone on a vacation? First you eagerly anticipate it, then you dream about what you are going to do when you get there. Finally vacation time begins. What is the first thing you do? You turn on your vacation mindset! All required tasks to be completed, put on hold. All stress and…
If you have been around long enough in our world today, you already know how stressed out people have become. We live amidst a performance based culture that promotes productivity at all costs and measures success by how well we have been performing. Everything is a contest to be won. And this frenetic mindset has…
It doesn’t take too many negative circumstances before it becomes apparent how much of our lives we don’t actually control. Oh we think we do! We drive ourselves bonkers trying to think through every possible variable to maximize our chances at success. We plan and exercise diligence. We read up and study, and if it’s…
Ahhh happiness, the most talked about feeling in the whole world! Yet, for all that is inked regarding the subject, there is one thing that leads to its discovery and that one thing is you. Is happiness eluding you? Are your happy moments few and far between? Are you only truly happy when the circumstances…