I take the time every night to review my day, to tie up any loose ends and to set the stage for the day to come. Some days end like a neatly wrapped package at Christmastime. Others end like a pile of fall leaves, tumultuous and disorderly with little hope of settling into order. No …
Tag: Holidays
Time’s a tickin’!
A friend forwarded a fantastic link to me the other day and I thought you would enjoy it as you think about how to handle the remaining weeks you have to live. The average person in the Western world now lives to the ripe old age of roughly 75 years in a body that properly …
The Island of MiSfIt ToYs
My family and I took a trip to Atlanta yesterday to see "Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer" at the Center for Puppetry Arts. The show was delightful and I had forgotten about the story-within-the story of the Island of Misfit Toys. Remember those? King Moonracer (a lion with wings), Charlie-in-the-Box (whose given name made him undesirable) …
Labor and Rest
I've observed over the years that people tend to be happiest when they are being productive. That said, the balance between labor and rest is one that strikes me as particularly important. This balance is an elusive one as most people who are productive tend to be "go-getters" or "Type A" personalities, famous for their …
Gregory Hake 