The last several years I generally would spend the month of November posting a daily #thankful or #attitudeofgratitude post. I note that I haven't felt very upbeat for awhile, and so I missed the first week of November. Today, I will begin. I am #thankful for those close to me, as they remind me that... Continue Reading →
Be "selectively ignorant." Ignore topics that drain your attention. Unfollow people that drain your energy. Abandon projects that drain your time. Do not keep up with it all. The more selectively ignorant you become, the more broadly knowledgeable you can be.-- James Clear, Author of Atomic Habits
I live in a great neighborhood. I laced up for my 5th run of the week and headed out. I was running on the street, crossing intersections. Usually there’s not much traffic but today there were a few folks turning left in front of me. An old battered truck not using a turn signal. And... Continue Reading →
Sometimes people support us when we least expect it.
I often have vivid dreams. This morning's was so profound, I'm still thinking about it. It was about friendship, how some people can be fake--you think they are "for you" but they are secretly cheering when you are down or hurt. Two people were having a conversation with me in my dream and they revealed... Continue Reading →
It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by the dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who... Continue Reading →
