It’s a fundamental question. What motivates you? What lights your fire? What inspires you? Once you’ve figured that out, then... How do you create it “on demand,” when you need it? After all, motivation helps us get things done. So with our kids in this regard, it’s all about identifying what motivates them to do …
Friday, Two Minute Catch Up
Lately I’ve had my daily piece written and scheduled (at least) the night before. Not today. School underway for our kids, distance learning, shitty conditions outside with a heat wave and wild fires in the hills nearby and pandemic life, and...it all caught up with me this time. So a two minute post from the …
Lyrics Post: “Animate”
Yet another beauty by the Canadian Prog Rock Hall of Famers, RUSH. The jam, the word-play, the images...what can I say? AWESOME. Let it all sink in. Then listen to the song. You'll be glad you did. "Animate" Polarize meSensitize meCriticize meCivilize meCompensate meAnimate meComplicate meElevate me Goddess in my gardenSister in my soulAngel in …
A New Way
Striving, searching, thinking about a new path. How to proceed, how to behave, how to think about it all? We walk a path, we work hard to get in the groove. We find the pace, the manner to step, we get comfortable with the features along the way. And then inevitably, at some point, things …
Bonus Post: This Bowl
This bowl had one of my favorite things in it today: leftovers. I can’t even recall what exactly was in it. But it helped me get through what felt like a long and was for sure another hot, humid day in the garage office. It’s my daughters’ bowl, and I was glad to have a …
I Don’t Understand
I was listening to the radio recently, about a person in New Jersey living in these pandemic times. They didn’t explain what his backstory was, whether he had a family, kids, etc. That said, he was quoted as saying. “I wake up on Saturday and I think, 'What am I gonna do to fill my …
Heart to Heart
“Dad, can I talk to you outside,” said our youngest kid to me last weekend. We were camping in the backyard, tent set up for the three kids and me. Our son and I had just gotten into it — he’s seven, the middle kid — and he as lying on the tent floor crying …
Reaching, Seeking, Being
It’s fundamental, really, all readings aside. Or maybe it’s every Bible reading, every Quran reading, every Tanahk reading too. Maybe they all have the same basic guidance. Reach to be better. Seek the lessons from before, and now. Be better. Every day. If religion was that simple, if humans perceived a better path in those …
Milestone: Nine Hundred Posts!
A simple celebration, a simple milestone to take pause and note, there are now NINE HUNDRED POSTS to this site, “Half Full, All Good.” This blog has become what many bloggers find, a frequently used outlet to share thoughts, insights, reflections, inspiration. Such a blessing, at least for me -- hopefully for you all too …
These Words
These words we say, these words we sing, these words we share, They seek to explain the thoughts we have, the feelings inside, the struggles and pain, the hopes and the love, These words, they make us different perhaps, from every other animal on the face of the earth. When we are unsure, when we …
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