Day Thirty-Five of 365 – Finding Yourself
“But I didn’t know I was lost!” That might be an initial response to an admonition to find yourself. As humorous as that exchange might be, I believe that most people understand the implication of “finding oneself.” The phrase carries with it the sense that “finding yourself” means discovering your passion and pursuing meaning. Most […]
Day Thirty-Four of 365 – You Can Only Be Where You Are
“You can only be where you are. You can’t be where you are not!” This is a phrase I use often when working with clients who struggle to maintain focus on living as fully as possible in the present moment. It is a phrase I use with myself when I venture too far outside the […]
Day Thirty-Three of 365 – The Power of the Question
Several years ago, I read a powerful book written by Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hanson – those brilliant men of Chicken Soup for the Soul fame. The title of the book is The Aladdin Factor. The premise of the book focuses on the power of the question. Jack and Mark teach readers to ask questions of […]
Day Thirty-Two of 365 – Freedom Demands Discourse
One of the fundamental tenets of freedom is the ability to engage in generally unfettered dialogue. The free exchange of ideas, as different as they may be, is the thread that connects us all in our joint pursuit of liberty. With limited restrictions, we in this country enjoy the freedom of speech. As much as […]
Day Thirty-One of 365 – Be a Wise Guy
Words, words, words! The world is FILLED with words! Unfortunately, many of the words thrown around through all media platforms lack wisdom, clarity or weight. More often than not, people consumed by the need to be heard spew words fraught with hatred, bitterness, rancor, insensitivity, self-absorption and foolishness. Plato once said, “Wise men talk because […]
Day Thirty of 365 – Something New, Part 4
This is the fourth installment of a short story that I am writing and posting on this platform. I am writing it in brief segments. I hope you have a good time following the progress of Fire! Fire The Persistent Fog Stepping through the opening in the side of the wall at the edge of the […]
Day Twenty-Nine of 365 – How to Love Your Neighbor
Although part of my professional background includes several years serving people as a Christian minister, I work hard to avoid writing anything that remotely sounds “preachy.” I came by my entrance into the field of ministry in that I was a PK growing up. What’s a PK you ask? It is short for Preacher’s Kid. […]
Day Twenty-Eight of 365 – Call It What It Is
I become increasingly discouraged when I look around me. Spin doctors work all the time creating mirages around realities to the extent that facts become a sort of comfortable fiction. As long as we have people bent on distorting events toward their own personal biases in order to gain power or control, we run the […]
Day Twenty-Seven of 365 – The Present
Author’s note: I wrote this yesterday (the 27th) but was unable to publish it due to some sort of glitch in this publishing platform. I was frustrated because I thought I had lost my string of days, then I realized that my commitment was to WRITE for 365 days in a row, not necessarily publish. […]
Day Twenty-Six of 365 – The Unexpected
The Unexpected! More often than not, contemplating the unexpected carries feelings of dread and fear. Without thought, we tend toward the belief that anything out of the blue carries disruptive news. Now I know this is not always the case. Sometimes the unexpected carries very positive outcomes; however, most of the time we equate negativity […]