appreciating the everyday

List your Nevers To help spark thoughts about possibilities, we make bucket lists. These contain experiences and life goals that we are required to accomplish in order to give us…

As Soon As I can It's lethal to any great idea. When I hear my mind state the words "as soon as," I should place a bet with real money…

The Choice is Yours Picture yourself standing at a fork in the road. You have reached a choice point and only you can decide which way to go. If the…

Evening out the Day For most of us, the hours just before we go to sleep are the evenings of our days. They signify a winding down, a gathering time…

Illusive Love The object we spend most of our lives pursuing is love. It may be love of a person, a career, recognition, relevance or maybe even being spectacular. Like…

Use the Right Chalk When I was in seventh grade, the girls and the boys were separated after lunch recess into two different classrooms. On the chalkboard in the girls'…

A Snob Knows Better Usually the word snob involves an act of superiority far above the accepted standards of a group. Those who get too big for their britches often…

Giving it All Up Offering up something precious can be viewed as a sacrifice. A sacrifice can also mean destruction or loss. Under normal circumstances, we don't like to sacrifice…

Firm vs Forceful Words matter. Anyone who has participated in a disagreement knows that words can trigger thoughts that bring on feelings that result in actions. Those actions don't always…

Social Unselfie The act of taking pictures with friends went through a redo in 2020. Due to safety concerns and the actual lack of time spent together, we took fewer…