Why Did I Take So Long to Figure Out This Stuff?
With the typical arrogance of youth, in my teens, I assumed most of life’s lessons would be learned by the time a person finished university. From then on, you had it all sorted out. The long days of studying and
Why Do We Keep Postponing Our Happiness?
I can’t imagine there is a single adult on this earth who hasn’t at one time or another told themselves that they could only be happy once a particular event comes to pass. “When the kids are grown and flown,
There Is Still Time to End the Year Strong!
Christmas is right around the corner, and your To-Do list seems to have taken on a life of its own. Worse yet, 2022 is lurking just over the horizon. In previous decades, we welcomed in the new year with fanfare
Stop Taking Everything So Personally!
Please tell me I am not the only one. Who else has noticed a trend in people taking every single tiny thing as a personal attack on them? Recently, I saw this played out in a letter published in my
You Win Some. You Learn Some.
Most people have heard the expression, you win some, you lose some. Of course, it is only trotted out after a loss or failure, usually to make the loser feel better about their lack of success. Growing up in South
Don’t Count the Days. Make the Days Count.
I was barely nine years old when I fell in love with calendars. Not only did they come with postcard-perfect photos, but they also packaged an entire month into neat little blocks. When you flipped the page to a new
We Are Raising the Kind of Children Employers Loathe.
I think we can all admit to grabbing our phones in the middle of a conversation in order to look something up. “You say a baby Platypus is a Puggle? Well, let me just check that!” Knowledge is power, and
How the Simple Phrase, Be Where Your Feet Are, Focused My Present Moment Awareness.
I was rushing around my kitchen when I first heard the expression bleating out of the TV. A simple mindfulness quote was the last thing on my mind. With the dog’s eyes drilling into me, the geriatric cat weaving around