appreciating the everyday

Watery Survival Surviving quicksand or deep water requires strategy. Oddly, they both have a base of water but the quicksand has that pesky loose addition of sand that gets angry…

Explosions create Change I like to blow things up. Not things like buildings or bridges but thoughts come to mind. We walk around with these old structures in our brains…

Mindless but Caring The use of mindfulness or meditation exercises is frequently discussed by coaches due to all the goodness it provides. You don't see endless articles written about the…

Is that Right or True? It is so much fun to be right. At least, in the short term. That feeling of knowing what the absolute right choice is can…

The Good Job Effect There is a pithy saying we use to recognize achievement that needs to be replaced. Calculating the number of times you have heard or said the…

Message Thoughts We tend to have thoughts about what others think about us. Those are thoughts about thoughts or a couple of degrees of separation apart. If you played a…

Let's Decide on the Best Activity Keeping physically active is the continuing advice we hear throughout our lives to maintain better health. It's such a simple statement and repeated so…

Desperation Zone One of the most easily identified emotions is desperation. The rashness of activities occurring with it creates extreme behavior. Actions that are fraught with creating misery for others…

Intrinsic Irritation Life has little moments that grate against us. Slowing down for conventional toll booths just to throw change into the basket every couple of exits, not finding enough…

Stumble on Over Stumble is a word normally associated with the act of making a misstep. It's like a mini-failure. It doesn't denote a full flat-on-your-face fall; just a funny…