Coping with and adapting to change is a fundamental life skill; the better you get at it the happier you’ll be. My son therefore should be a champion at this skill by the time he’s an adult. He’s had to make several adjustments in his young life. Severe anxiety, food allergies, adapting to life in …
Category: Attitude
Thrown Together Fun
Sometimes the best combinations get their start when things are simply thrown together. Sometimes you just don’t know what will go together. Certainly there are times and places for well thought-through, precisely measured, exhaustively considered design, discussion, decisions are necessary. Certainly so. As I consider things tho’, I think creativity, when we seek to ignite …
On The Wall
At a middle school on Open House Night, Santa Clara California, My alma mater, [#proudbutnotthepoint] If only each human on this planet would feel this… Oh what a better world we would have…
Dissecting Sensitivity – Anatomy of a Rebuke
This topic is one I have long been peripherally aware of; until now I didn’t have the words to frame what I experience when I receive what I experience as blunt critique or rebuke. Now I have some words. When someone I respect and/or has authority over me, when such a person directly disagrees or …
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Bent
Sometimes things just go sideways. You’re hoping, expecting them to be straight and true and well, you get “bent”, instead. It’s the luck of the draw. It’s one of life’s maxims. I’ve written about it before. It certainly is worth repeated commentary; after all, it’s part of the everyday human experience. Sometimes bolts get bent, …
No Issues
“How have you adapted to the changes brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic?” Hmm…interesting question. Truthfully, I had no issues with the adjustments required to cope with the pandemic. It wasn’t easy. It wasn’t convenient. In some ways it was a pain the ass some of the time. But whatever. I believe in public health. …
Triduum ~ Easter Sunday
On this day, we recall the mystery of the empty tomb, Darkness giving way to light, Hatred and fear and death surrendering to hope and belief and love, The unfolding of wonder and love, The final, forever declaration and demonstration that God is Love, “…for God so loves the world that that he gave his …
Triduum ~ Saturday
After the darkest night and we awake to unbearable reality, we’re best served to take heart from the light of the next day. Take heart in the light, no matter the horror and despair it might reveal; take heart in the light, and the hope, a toehold, a speck is all you need, Consider the …
Triduum ~ Friday
The Paschal Triduum, as they call it; Maundy Thursday, and then it begins with Good Friday, struggles through Holy Saturday, and on into the wonder of Easter Sunday, I’ve been aware of this time since I was a little boy, celebrated it for many years growing up and as an adult. My active participation of …
Cozy Start
A bit more reflection on the concept of cozy, expanding a bit more, A “cozy start” includes a sequence of micro comforts … staying in bed in the warm sheets for a few minutes after waking, making snow-angel motions with your legs, …then up two get ready, under the heater (in the cozy cave mentioned …
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