Say “Thank You” Something goes right or something goes wrong. Someone says something about it. That something is a compliment or an apology. Oh. Compliments and apologies are so . . . um, er . . . … [Read more...]

That Awful, Beautiful Portrait When I graduated from high school, it was tradition to have photos taken for the school yearbook. A professional photographer was brought in, and appointments were … [Read more...]

Life-long learner — we no longer have a choice about that. I came to write, I had learn to code a link. I bought a phone. I had to learn to program it. Every thing has learning expectations built … [Read more...]

The Universe Will Not Be Thwarted Once upon a time, I had the coolest job in the world. I worked with the most incredible people. They were smart and their hearts were in it. No one was looking … [Read more...]

It’s about Them It happens something like this. I meet a person who intrigues me. I rush in where the proverbial fool would fear to go. I want that person to see my value. I put it out there. I … [Read more...]

Wait a Minute A few weeks ago I went to lunch with someone I had only met via email. Our relationship was at best tenuous. He had come on like gangbusters. I had made it clear I wasn’t going … [Read more...]

The Past Is Gone WE charge in . . . We come into life screaming for air and, we fight to prove we belong here. Along the way, little and sometimes big hurts happen. Some were intentional. Some … [Read more...]

Children Are I often say that Children were put on Earth to humble their parents. Truth is that children have a way of humbling us all and teaching us too — if we let them. They’re authentic. … [Read more...]

Hey, Robert, How Can We Change the World? One nice thing about writing here is that I have so many writer friends. This week I had a conversation with Robert Hruzek via email. He related a simple true … [Read more...]

I was on my way to a post by Cath Lawson I read yesterday. I Googled her name to get there. The post that came up first had a great headline. Sometimes You Need to Hit Rock Bottom I’ll wait while you … [Read more...]