These days people's opinions and perspectives are a dime a dozen. On any ordinary day we've the opportunity to reach into many another person's frame of reference if they so choose to allow us to do so. They could share a piece of their mind with us on the internet, on a billboard, in a … Continue reading Stay Awhile & Listen
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Brick By Brick
There's something powerful about drawing up the goalposts for ourselves. We fill the empty horizon of the future with something more interesting and less bleak. Looking to the future is most certainly a great way to make changes in our lives that are meaningful and without it we are as good as lost at sea. … Continue reading Brick By Brick
Up & Down
Delivering pizza is one of those jobs you'll find quite a few people to have had in the past. It's a pretty quick and easy way to chalk out some money to pay the bills and it gives the person a bit of an interesting experience being out and about. That's what ended up getting … Continue reading Up & Down
Set It Ablaze
Social platforms, the internet, and other sources of media tend to serve up the highest points of life and the lowest. If you go to view your local news site right now you'll surely see headliners about whatever crimes, lottery winners, and others highlights. Of course life has its highs and its lows but when … Continue reading Set It Ablaze
The Mole Hill
Sometimes it’s a slog to get done what must be done and that’s ok. It's easy to make believe that people who've gotten where they wanted to go possess some baseline qualities we don't have. In reality these people from Benjamin Franklin to Dr. Livingstone were simply people. Though they may have had extraordinary luck … Continue reading The Mole Hill
The Next Iteration
After being away from the blog for quite a long while now there's been a lot that's gone on in the world and in my personal life. The last post was made from a completely different place mentally and physically for me. Since then (June 3, 2021) we've had a pandemic, a shake-up of the … Continue reading The Next Iteration
The Collective
At work, at home, in public, and anywhere around others in general for us it has been made easy to take on an individualistic approach to life. We could go for vast amounts of time only concerned with ourselves and whatever else we deem to be important enough to allow into our circle of life. … Continue reading The Collective
The Water’s Surface
One must be mindful to exercise caution when carrying a full glass of water. You will find that if you are not, you'll surely lose some of the cup's contents. Grab yourself a cup and try it out yourself. Fill it generously to the brim and attempt to place it on a table. Just before … Continue reading The Water’s Surface
The River of Life
Dr. Livingstone made it his life's mission to find the source of the Nile in Africa. He spent essentially his entire existence on this planet in pursuit of this goal. His journey took him through uncharted territory and his eyes beheld simply astounding sights as he ventured through the continent. He met cannibals and tribes … Continue reading The River of Life
Uniquely You
When we set out to do something new we often find that imitation is the easiest point of entry. We have done this from our very beginning. As babies we took in everything happening around us. Over time we learned to conduct ourselves appropriately and we took our place in the human experience. We learned … Continue reading Uniquely You