What Does Peace Mean to You?
In this moment, I close my eyes and think about peace. My mind weaves together different thoughts that drop out: Peace is a home where there is laughter, cuddling, and quiet moments of just feeling good about all that is around. Peace is getting lost in the lyrics of song. Peace is teenagers who do…
Get a Pair: Buy Khakis or Live Boldly
I drive by this billboard almost every day. Get a Pair. The first time I drove past it, my marketing brain went to work, and my thought was “what a bad ad.” If I liked the khakis, I did not know the brand nor could I read where I could buy a pair. My conclusion…
Are You Living a Life Sentence?
What thought enters your mind when you read – are you living a life sentence? Most likely, an image of being imprisoned or incarcerated is envisioned. In the United States, we have the highest incarceration rate with about 2.3 million people in prison. This has grown into such an industry that CNBC is running a…
I Just Want to Sing!
I would love to be able to sing! Singing brings joy to people all around. Singing raises spirits and inspires minds. Songs express what is sometime hard to put into words. Being able to just sing would make my life seem so much more passionate and easier to express. Of course, I cannot sing or…
Do You Make People Better?
One of the most difficult questions to answer is: Do you make people better? This may be one of the truest ways to determine whether or not your actions are matched with your soul and mind. It is more than this though. Are your soul and mind in a good place? Let me state it…
“I Want You to Push Me”
“I want you to push me.” You don’t hear that statement often. It is one of self-challenge. Living this statement can change many things. It is different than pushing ourselves. When we push ourselves, we do it sometimes fairly, and other times, unfairly. We can be our own worst, or best, “pusher.” Asking others to…
It’s Thursday. Where Do Your Choices of Significance Stand?
We make so many choices in any given day and week. Some are small, and others carry a wallop. The smaller choices happen without much thought. They’re easy. The other ones we may avoid or delay them into oblivion. Is this a good thing? The answer has to be “no.” Why? If we spend our…
Evil Plans: Not Really Evil, But It Will Kick You in the Pants
Evil Plans by Hugh MacLeod is a book which will kick you in the pants to get you on the right life track. Read it, be challenged, be inspired.
Life Reverberates Like a Dandelion Blowing in the Wind
Reverb was a wonderful project during the month of December. It made you think and write, and those thoughts reverberate through the first days of the new year. Dandelion fluff blows through the wind, landing where it might. There is hope in that image.
You Are Not Really Down, Keep Moving Forward
Michael Dyer proved in the Oregon Ducks and Auburn Tigers game that you are not really down when everyone thinks you may be. Keep moving forward.
Life Is Too Short…
“Life is too short” is an often used phrase. It has taken on a commercial meaning more than leading a life of meaning. A mind and action shift needs to take place.