Don’t Force It
What I’m learning about writing is that it must be its own reward. Many today are rushing to write *their* book. To tell *their* story. Well, I would say, keep writing and watch what transpires. If you follow where the alphabet takes you, it will begin to tell a story of its own. That’s the […]
A Replay From Last Year (with a few edits)
“It’s time to stop complaining and start creating.” I wrote that to myself last year, and posted it in FB for accountability. And here it is in my feed this morning. Shazam. Pow. Punch! My world, your world, is saturated with opportunists praying on fear. There are fear-mongers on every street corner, and within every […]
That Haunting Urge
The entry point for any person to become a writer is unique to every person. Some enter in their youth. Their stories splash on white pages like the work of an amateur watercolorist. Others later in life, compelled by a haunting urge, sitting alone with what seems like an arthritic hand, must drag their pen […]
The Past My Home, Yet Not Forever
Home is where my memories are. Most of them are here. The rest are scattered over there. My home seems to be, and steadily so, settled well into my past. Yet what happens to my home there when my memories fade? When all goes dark and what I once knew well is all but eclipsed? […]
The Divine Right of Kings? Not in America.
Without question, in my opinion, the former President of the United States committed several criminal seditious acts by attempting an overthrow of a legitimate national election. Then he incited a riot that lead to violence and death inside and outside our National Capitol, threatening the lives of every Congress person, including the sitting Vice President […]
“Do you really mean that?”
In January 2018 I wondered how the heck I ended up in a failure cycle for nearly 25 years. Wondering can be painful. It was then. Of course I wasn’t failing at everything through those years. I kept a career, raised a family, built a marriage. But I did have a sense that somehow my […]
If our sacred life does not produce ambitions and aspirations for this life, then it’s sure to be a sham religion.
Notice What’s Near
“Do the work that is nearest, Though it’s dull at whiles, Helping, when we meet them, Lame dogs over stiles.” – Charles Kingsley – It’s an obsolete idiom. But I can’t think of a better metaphor that speaks of kind work than helping someone or some animal in distress, getting them to a greener field […]
Do You Hear What I See?
Listen. Please just listen. Will you please? I hear this almost everywhere I go, though not with my ears. I hear it in people’s eyes. Eyes pleading for a compassionate listener. Do you listen? What do you hear when you see people these days? Do you hear the fear? Do you hear the heartache? Do […]
I Need A Coach
Three years ago, I transitioned from being a learning coach to thousands over a 30 year teaching career to a life coach for those who want a new life strategy that reboots and renews goals and performance for the next phase of their lives. I’m an educator by nature, and a life coach by vocation. […]