I got into a little verbal scarp with my older daughter recently. It was a quick exchange, didn’t seem that extreme, but she was nonetheless offended and went off crying. A few minutes later my younger daughter gave me a little talking to, what had happened and what I should do about it. When I …
For Three Peoples, for All Peoples, I Pray
Most mornings part of my prayer is for other people; I pray for family, for friends, for those who have passed on. And then I pray for people who suffer illness, and are effected by war and other armed conflict; there’s plenty of suffering in the world to go around. The following three groups come …
The Light
From the darkness, I pray this metaphor most everyday; I pray for the light to inspire and guide me along my way. “But why?”, you might wonder...and so let me share, for the reason is clear. From time to time uncertainty and sublime angst are my companions; they seem to find common purpose resting on …
Data MOTIVATOR
The original title of this post was going to be "Addicted to Data?", but then I decided a different title would be more accurate, as it ended up. A day without wearing a steps tracker; I've had a couple days when my beloved (!?) steps tracker, my Fitbit watch, it didn't come through as intended. …
Smack Down
Learning can be very challenging. VERY CHALLENGING. Sometimes you find yourself in the mud, the thick, and it sucks. You make repeated mistakes, same issues, and it's confounding, really...troubleshooting, reviewing your process, trying to understand why the errors are happening. It can feel like a smack down. A SMACK DOWN. It’s abrupt; it gives one …
“40”
When I heard this song for the first time more than thirty years ago, I was just getting into U2's music. It hadn't really spoken to me up until that time (mid-80's) -- I'd been more rooted in heavy metal, heavier rock music. And then this one came along. I was hooked pretty quick. The …
Good Habits
Seems like I see more and more people brushing their teeth at work. Might be mid-morning, might be after lunch, but oral hygene awareness and action is on the rise. Good Habit for sure, brushing your teeth frequently, even at work. We only get one set of adult teeth, and it pays both practically and …
Reach Out, Push Through
Recently shared a little about inertia; I told a friend after that post it was actually more accurate to call it “emotional inertia.” That’s where I’ve been the last few days, for some reason. You might call it a funk. I’ve probably called it that here somewhere before. And so what to do? Another common …
“Let Freedom Ring…”
Image from Google's Home Page on MLK Day, 2020 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., spoke these words on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1963. Tens of thousands gathered to participate in expressions of dissatisfaction with a lack of racial inequality in society here in the United States. Fifty-seven …
Inertia
I found myself deep in it this past weekend. Inertia. My particular case was mental inertia. High minded goals stalled out. Some things completed, but much still to do. With a little faith and patience and some love too, I came out the other side. Then I fell back in again, into the funk. When …
