If you see no reason to give thanks, the issue is no one’s but your own. Reasons to give thanks The very fact you may be agreeing or disagreeing with this statement is a reason to give thanks. You are a thinking, breathing, live human being. Give thanks for that. If your life sucks, the…
December 7, 1972 everything about living on planet Earth changed. On that day 48 years ago, astronauts aboard Apollo 17 took an image that has become one of the most reproduced images in human history. Known as The Blue Marble this image, for the first time in human history reminded us of two things. The…
Every home has its sorrow. We might not be able to see it from our vantage point, things may look just fine. In fact, we may find ourselves a little envious of other people. The way they seem to have everything under control, but the things we don’t know about their lives! Envy not Because…
Are your frustrated with the way your life is going? Do you feel like everyday is Groundhog Day, and like Bill Murray, nothing ever really changes? Same old job, same old car, same old friends? Simply put, the issue is not with your job, or your friends, or your car, the issue is within you,…
You want to build a relationship. Everything you do is about building a relationship with that special someone; the dating web sites, the mixers, you name it, but alas, nothing has happened yet. I admit it, there are like a bizzillion suggestions out there on the topic of relationships. In this one blog there is not…
Your life is a reflection of your thinking. A cluttered mind results in a cluttered desk. (I see this all around me right now). If I reach a point where I cannot seem to put two ideas together I will stop and clear my desk of the clutter. If I do not clear my…
Romance is love, of course. You may also feel love for your pets, your favorite food, car, vacation spot, your home, your children and siblings; love is all around us, expressing in so many wonderful ways. What is there to be afraid of? We may be afraid that displaying love is a sign of weakness.…
We can take pleasure from things close to us, even certain experiences. Take for instance the pleasure you get from seeing a child smile. There is nothing artificial about a childs smile, so it rings in our hearts clearly. We can recognize this reaction in ourselves, but too often we do not recognize that someone…
Do you do the tradition where just before you dig into the mounds and mounds of food on the Thanksgiving table you go around the group and say something for which you are thankful? Have you ever felt like a deer in the headlights when it is your turn to say your part? Perhaps you…
I have just concluded a trip which took me literally around the world. As I traveled with my wonderful Lady I took hundreds, if not thousands of photos; photos of street scenes, buildings, trains, trees, places of worship and devotion, and more than a few of people. I was so used to taking photos of…
As Terrie Symons and I travel in India we are very conscious of the truth that travel broadens ones mind. As westerners we have an idea of what is right, what is wrong, what is good, what is happiness, what is poverty, but here on the road we are challenged to open our minds to…
I had the delightful experience of going to Maui this past week to meet my lady as she completed her tour of Japan. Yes, we just wanted to get away, and the beaches, highways and restaurants were filled with others who just wanted to get away. The winds were busy, showers came almost every day,…
Some friends of mine were preparing to move to a new home, which could have been a very joyful experience, but one thing was like a fly in the ointment; a backyard labyrinth they had been working on for years was incomplete. Rather than looking fully forward to their new life, they kept looking over…
I have written here previously about my being a proud part of the All American Soap Box Derby. An experience this weekend gave me another reason to cherish that association. We had a race in Oceanside, California and a family was coming from Northern California to attend. On the way down their van caught fire. They…