While running late for work this week, I waited too long to leave the house and was at the mercy of commuter traffic while trying to turn left onto the highway. After waiting 10 minutes for what normally would take 10 seconds, I put the car in reverse and proceeded to take the scenic route…
A few weeks ago, I attended a Celebration of Life service and heard the parable of the starfish. In a few short lines, the parable reminds the listener of the importance one person can make on the world, even with the smallest acts. In the present day world, drunk on technology and smothered by relentless media,…
Several years ago, I found myself stagnated in my life — not fulfilled by my job, not comfortable in my home life, and not motivated to do anything but proclaim my pitiful woes to anyone who stood still long enough to listen. Everything in my life at the time, I felt, was caused by someone…
In 2012, I made a New Year’s resolution to visit a branch of my family tree that had long been missed. At the time I had not seen my uncle Don and aunt Jean since my wedding nearly twenty years before, and the path my life had taken since that day had me somewhat ashamed to do…
"It is easier to whisper advice from cover than to risk its merit at the point of attack."