"I have believed the best of every man. And find that to believe is enough to make a bad man show him at his best, or even a good man swings his lantern higher." ~ William Butler Yeats You are making a grave error if you love your friends and hate your enemies. Both love …
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How are you defined?
Life in the Bible Belt provides interesting opportunities for reflection at virtually every turn. The creative, witty and sometimes funny church signs with their enchanting messages call like the Sirens to prospective parishioners and passersby. One of the signs I passed yesterday had the message: "Be generous" and "It defines you" in rotating red LED …
Comfortably Numb
I heard Pink Floyd's song, Comfortably Numb, yesterday, which apparently is an autobiographical tale of Roger Water's childhood experience with a high fever that made him delirious, giving him the sensation of being dissociated from his body. He had the same feeling at different points in his adult life, including a bout of hepatitis while …
The Happiness of your Life
"The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature." ~ Marcus Aelius Aurelius The quality of your thoughts is the one thing you have control over at the end of the day. The world around …
The New Life
La Vita Nuova by Dante Alighieri In that book which is My memory . . . On the first page That is the chapter when I first met you Appear the words . . . Here begins a new life If you are looking to do something meaningful in life, look first to be an …
The Confidence to Let Go
"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened." ~ Dr. Seuss As a follow-up to yesterday's post, Release your inner Bitter Betty, I'd like to share my thoughts on another key to living an uncommon life. How you handle the end of a day, project or chapter in your life is almost as important …
The Seeds of the Future
"To see things in the seed, that is genius." ~ Lao Tzu My son asked me a series of questions about seeds on the "Daddy Bus" ride to school yesterday morning that got me thinking. It began with "Where do seeds at the garden store come from, Daddy?" "The kind in the little packets?" I …
Magical Life Lessons
Today's consideration comes to us thanks to a quarter, an HVAC register and two little boys. My sons were performing magic tricks this weekend, one of which involved the use of one of each of my son's quarters. This was not a run-of-the-mill trick, for the goal was to create a new quarter, not make …
Seeker of Truth
"Man has always sacrificed truth to his vanity, comfort and advantage. He lives... by make-believe." ~ W. Somerset Maugham, The Summing Up, 1938 I think it's safe to say that every man, woman and child on earth is a seeker of truth. Some are more passionate than others, devoting more of their life's energies to the …
Sleep your way to the top!
Arianna Huffington made an excellent case for getting more sleep in her recent TED Talk. We live in a time where sleep deprivation is seen as a symbol of male virility, a badge of leadership and proof that you are a person of worth. According to a 2008 CDC study, 29% of US adults report …
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