Gotta have it. Makes the world go around a bit more smoothly. Want another cookie? Restraint. Want another glass of wine? Restraint. Want to snap back at a hurtful comment? Restraint. Drive on the carpool lane as a single driver? Restraint. Blow off the meeting? Restraint. Watch another hour of screen? Restraint. Fall into temptation? …
Category: Attitude
Brawl
It was quite a morning. It was kind of a brawl. Was ready to go on the usual schedule for a work-day. Then the kids started waking up. Things went a little sideways from there. There was a little nurture for number one kid, who was feeling sick, to build her up for the school …
Stutter Step
Sometimes the right thing to do is change it up. External forces might require it. Or you find yourself in a bit of a rut, might need to find your way out of a funk. The stutter step means you apply a momentary pause to your forward progress, adjust, and go forward again towards your …
Up, DOWN,…Up Again
A good man left this world last night. Called home way too early, just four months after he got sick. We don't know the details, but it doesn't matter. He's gone. PW. PW was my neighbor at work, the first friendly face I met when I started my new job a year or so back. …
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Gratitude
One of the fundamental components of American culture is the Thanksgiving holiday. More than the feast or the Macy's parade, or watching football or a turkey trot, expressions of gratitude for what you have is woven into our national fabric. It's there, and there ought to be a renewed focus on that core value. Let's …
Micro Hiatus: Feed The People
Blurry picture, but a crystal-clear purpose: FEED THE PEOPLE. Since 1979 the Lions club I belong to has conducted a Thanksgiving Food Drive. It's the most basic of efforts to fulfill our Lion Motto: "We Serve." It started with ten people receiving the generous donations for others so that those ten folks could have a …
Adapt
All living things must learn this fundamental lesson. Do so, or you die. It's as simple as that. Adjust, modify, accommodate, change, keep it fresh, learn new things, ADAPT. GOOD.
Second Nature
Another great song, more inspiration poured out from all those years ago, still ringing true today. Thanks once again to RUSH for all the fine music and GOOD shared over more than forty years. Yes indeed, it oughta be... "Second Nature" Writer(s): Geddy Lee, Neil Peart, Alex Lifeson "A memo to a higher office Open …
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