The time of year has come back around for us to once again lie to ourselves about things we will do next year, or who we will be one year...

This is about books, but the idea behind it is broader than that. The message is simple, and it is in the title but how it plays out can...

I would like to talk to you about a miracle. The raspberry. But I am getting ahead of myself. Let’s make a clear definition: Miracle: a...

Helen Adams Keller born in 1880, lost her sight and her hearing after an illness when she was 19 months old. In a time before women’s...

Everyone has one story worth telling. Their own lives. It has been said every writer writes only what they know. We know our own lives...

There are 86,400 seconds in a day. 24 hours X 60 minutes x 60 seconds = 86,400. I’m a normal human being… I sleep 8 hours. 28,800 seconds gone… There are 57,600 seconds left in your day. I hit the snooze button. 600 seconds…. I lost ten minutes to TikTok that I won’t remember or tell anyone about. 600 seconds… I procrastinated going to work, because I don’t want to be there, so I hit traffic and had to stay late. 30 minutes. 1,800 seconds. I didn’t feel like studying today, I

Yesterday’s mistakes are yesterday’s. They belong there, in the past, a reminder of what we did wrong, and why we need to do better. They...

I would like you to go grab your phone, and see how many contacts you have. I’ll wait here. How many are friends? Family? Coworkers?...

In our world people are often arguing about the native casualties and who is to blame on thanksgiving for the atrocities of our past....

Happy new year! Today is Nov 8. Why am I saying happy new year? Chinese New Year is the festival that celebrates the beginning of a new...

I think there is a balance in the creative act between creating what we as creators want to see, read, hear, experience versus what...

You are a bad writer. You are not a good runner. You are weak, and can’t lift much weight. Your garden never looks as good as the...

I want to talk to you about gardening, and some lessons I have learned in the weeds. I learned similar lessons doing power lifting, and I...

Life is going to go wrong. Today, tomorrow or someday, someone is going to tell you that something didn’t go the way you wanted. You...

When we think of memorable events, we usually think about first times best times and worst times. How often do we give thought to last...

From time to time, I play Dungeons and Dragons. For people who are not familiar with the idea of a table top role-playing game, it is a...

What does the word call to mind? Perhaps you envision a person placing money in a bank, or purchasing stocks. Maybe you picture people in...

Someday I am going to … What? What is your someday? Climb a specific mountain? See a specific world wonder? Say something you have always...

If you were guaranteed that trying one more time would change the outcome, would you do it? Would you put up with 100 rejections to...

To borrow an analogy from exercise, life is not a sprint. Life is not a marathon. Like is more than even an ultramarathon. It is a run...