Hear ye! Hear ye?

Listen for the wonderful, moving, encouraging tones in your world. Take note of the discordant ones, but don't dwell upon them, just as you would step around a muddy puddle in the road.

How My Legs Give Me Super-Powers

We are each configured differently. Each one of us has the privilege of bringing our unique perspective and set of capabilities to the table. Instead of lamenting that which we don't have, why not celebrate that which we do have? Like pieces of a puzzle each one of us adds something important to the picture.

Life Lessons Worth Spreading by Gregg Hake

If you find yourself "fighting fire with fire" or "seeking an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth," I encourage you to remember this life lesson. Nothing generative can come from such an approach. In fact, such an approach constrains to a life of unrelenting tension, bitterness and regret.

How to Reach your Full Potential

"Your reputation is what you are perceived to be; your character is what you are."  Do you stop to consider how successful you've been in your life?  Perhaps more importantly, have you stopped to consider what really is the measure of success?  My father-in-law often says that "success is optional" and how true that is!  If you have …

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The Smoking Carnivore

Wellbeing is not a static state obtained through steely determination. True health is the result of constant adjustment, continual adapation to the circumstances at hand. It is not a fixed and rigid place devoid of pleasure. Neither is it achieved through gluttony and hedonism. Wellbeing is found not at the extremes, but somewhere in the middle.

Health Care Reform 101 by Gregg Hake

So, the bulk of the problem is due to "common and preventable" factors. Brilliant! There is our starting point. Perhaps we can resolve a complex issue with common sense, after all! But how would that look?