Hope Springs Eternal A Sixty-Word Short Story*: Stewart was famous for having a positive outlook on the world and was excellent at providing hope, and encouragement for tackling whatever problems his family, friends, and colleagues might be facing. He knew this was a gift and he was keenly aware that this is what people expected […]
Can You Hear Me Now? A Sixty-Word Short Story*: Veronica had studied speech in college. She learned the proper way to enunciate and project so that the message was clear and strong. She acquired a vocabulary that was exceptional and often fraught with obscure idioms and colorful metaphors. She was a student of communications and […]
In Stall Mode Life is not linear by nature, it is more holistic and tends to let us have contact with multiple aspects of time and space and other pieces of the world simultaneously, meaning that we really are never untouched by the moves and motions of all of those around us. We are connected […]
Imperfection A Universal Human Reality “There was the cat, asleep. The man thought as he smoothed the cat’s black coat, that this contact was an illusion and that the two beings, man and cat, were as good as separated by a glass, for man lives in time, in succession, while the magical animal lives in […]
Insanity Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and over…and expecting different results. This is one of those truisms I really love because it applies to so many aspects of our lives. From a golf swing, to relationships, to ad campaigns, to how we discipline our children, we can become possessed and motivated […]
Mantra Magic Self-talk for a Changing World Even though I’m a strong proponent of positive thinking, I believe that thinking alone is not enough to help us generate positive change in our lives. It takes focus and deliberate actions too. Developing a self-talk strategy is often the starting point to realizing our dreams and creating […]
Begin Now Our First Step Activates Our Destiny I have always believed that the Universe connects us all. That one action or thought here can be manifested and reflected there. That a wish takes the form of a request and it’s the nature of the Universe to grant it. What enables this process is our […]
Wishful Thinking I think that thinking about anything changes that thing. Our thoughts on whatever the subject might be, have an influence on it. Our thoughts surround the subject and somehow rearrange it. For example, this week I have a deadline of Tuesday for some research. I’m behind a bit and really wish I had […]
Going With the Flow Sailing on the Waves of Life It’s Thursday, January 23, 2025, a day at sea, and I am writing this while on a cruise amongst the islands that populate the Bahamas, because we never know when an “ah-ha” moment will occur, and I just had one. I am reading a book […]
Magic Making Abracadabra This is the time of the year when we list all of the things we resolve to change or do or create for ourselves. Then we get a magic wand (any brand will do) and wave it appropriately with our own special magic mantra and voila we’ve changed. We could perform this […]