Courage is a decision.

I want to talk to you today about an exceptional man. I don’t know him; I don’t know how much truth there is behind his words or how much...

Everything that we take for granted today was someone else’s dream yesterday. Plumbing. Electricity. Internet. Cars. Lattes. Indoor...

It is an unfortunate truth that, very often, we are the worst to the people who love us best. Our boss at work is rude or condescending;...

There is something convenient about the pace of gardening. There is always work to do, but most of it is rarely urgent. Sure, there are...

Work is getting to me. I feel unappreciated and irrelevant. My friends don’t seem to particularly care about any of my thoughts, my...

Gardening can teach us what is within and beyond our control. You can water during a drought, dig trenches in a deluge, and cut away the...

I have said in the past that I don’t believe in "New Year’s resolutions." They are forced and timed in a way that sets most of us up for...

Life life like a garden you get to tend once

I want to introduce a new series on this site, which will be about your metaphorical garden and my literal one. Sort of. I don’t mean I...

You have exercised every day for a month, but you barely lose one pound. You lift every day for three months and can barely add a pound...

How much negativity in your feedback can you stand? 10%... 20%? 90%? Every writer needs negative criticism. We need to be told no. We...

Do you want to reduce stress levels, lower heart rate, and ease tension in the muscles? Usually, this kind of claim is a start toa bad...

“People are not lazy, … they have goals which do not inspire them.” – Tony Robbins. I have never particularly subscribed to Tony Robbins...

I am going to postulate that life is about the slope of the incline. When we are young, high school seems hard, but if you are a...

Write down one day. I dare you. You are going to be upset, and if you are honest about doing it and what you want in life you are likely...

Everything you make is worth more, the more any one thing you make is worth.

Everyone has had a moment when they look at the perceived competition and think to themselves, “I am less than…” The problem is, there is...

But are they measured? A friend of mine said to me just this week, “I don’t have the time to…” This is the same friend who sends giant...

I am not old yet. I am certainly not young anymore either by internet standards. At 45 I am comfortably slightly past the middle point of...