Sometimes, Round Two: Day 41 of 365 – The End As The Beginning!
Sometimes The End Is Just The Beginning! Most of the time the end is the end. Books end. Movies end. Plays end. Work projects end. Relationships end. You get the picture. Lots of things end in this life. Even life ends in the way we know it. But how would things change if we were […]
Sometimes, Round Two: Day 34 of 365 – The Obvious and The Absurd!
Sometimes The Obvious Waits Patiently In The Wings While The Absurd Struts Inanely In The Spotlight! The Absurd tends to receive the most attention in our world! The Absurd sells tickets and music and cars and ideas. It’s that last one that is most troublesome, the ideas that the Absurd peddles. We can be such […]
Sometimes, Round Two: Day 26 of 365 – The Story Our Body Tells!
Sometimes Our Body Tells Our Story Even Better Than Our Words! Our body has a story to tell and it often tells that story far better than our own words. The Body’s story is OUR story. The body keeps record of everything that happens to us – good, bad, ugly, indifferent – and reveals bits […]
Day Two Hundred Fifty-Three of 365 – Be A Willow!
Life is filled with surprises. Some are good while others are not. I’ve often said that there are only three guarantees in life – death, taxes and change. All of these are inescapable! If this is so, how then shall we live? Over twenty-eight years ago, my therapist said to me, “Mark, be a willow. […]
Day Two Hundred Forty-Eight of 365 – The Cowboy Code of Ethics: Keeping Promises!
Who do you trust? How can you know that a person is trustworthy? What does it take to win you over? Perhaps the person who keeps promises will do the trick! You would think that keeping promises is as natural as breathing. You would think that keeping promises is an easy proposition. It’s not as […]
Day Two Hundred Eleven of 365 – Things That Humble Me: Flulidity
I started to add yet one more post under the “Things That Inspire Me” banner; however, as I began contemplating the direction of this post, I realized that the focus was all wrong. Reflecting on personal experiences that inspire me is a bit difficult. Reflecting on personal experiences that humble me, well that’s a different […]
Day Two Hundred Three of 365 – Things That Inspire Me: The Guardians of Change!
Guardians of Change! “Change – whether imposed, as a result of natural life progressions or self-initiated – often presents challenges that require practical, proactive and creative action!” This is a direct quote from one of the pages on the McKinney Counseling Services website! I’m not sure any of us really revel in the inevitability of change […]
Day One Hundred Sixteen of 365 – Think!
Thoughts are powerful! The can color almost everything we do in life! The create, alter or interpret perspectives. They outline possible courses of action. They form frameworks for perception of self and others. The connect ideas. The open or close doors to discovery. Thoughts can determine the kind of person we become! Yes, thoughts are […]
Day One Hundred Fifteen of 365 – Staying on Track!
Today is the final post in this series. It began with the idea that merely “thinking outside the box” means that we are still in the box. We simply “toss our ideas over the edge of our box” without necessarily engaging in the process of taking an idea to fruition. Living Outside the Box requires […]
Day One Hundred Seven of 365 – People Do Create Good Lives, Part 1
I believe that People Do Create Good Lives and do so as they firmly focus on their dreams and follow the paths of possibility set before them! I also believe that these paths are open to all of us and not just a select few! I believe that the power of creation lies within each […]