If you enjoy this article, I have related article on the topic of self-research (human guinea pig) meditation called Coffee Bean Meditation. Do you like meetings? No one that I know likes meetings, but we all get roped into them. Maybe leaders should take a class on how to make meetings fun? That might … More How to Make Your Meetings More Interesting
I think that lecturing is what is really destroying the Country. I am told that blog posts that use lists are really popular, like “Three ways to get abs,” “17 Things you can do to fight Global Warming,” and “9 Ways to love your pet.” We seem to love information in small, bite sized pieces. … More Why lecturing is ruining the planet and what you can do about it
“Coffee brings out my better self.” Coffee. Just saying the word makes me pause. I began my relationship with coffee in my early thirties. I knew almost immediately this would be a lifetime of Bean Love. I constantly search for the perfect ratio of cream and sugar. I like my coffee medium oak in color, two … More How A Cup of Coffee May Help You to Get Your Mind Back
Semicolon – A punctuation mark (;) used to join two independent clauses in a sentence. The semicolon shows that the ideas in the two clauses are related: “Jack really didn’t mind being left without a car; he had the house to himself.” “The semicolon is like a marriage counsellor, trying to unify two partners who prefer … More The daily semicolon: The rest of your story
I have a theory about parenting. I call it the TAP Theory of Parenting and it goes something like this: Time parenting x Age of child = Likelihood of prayer My wife has the same theory about me, except that she changes the equation to Time x Age of husband = Likelihood of prayer. She might be … More Spiritual Darth Vader
“The story of the human race is the story of people selling themselves too short.” Abraham Maslow as quoted by Tom Venuto, P 99, The Body Fat Solution.
“I eat my vitamins every day, it’s called a steak” Robert Duvall in Kicking and Sceaming Did you eat your vitamins today? I eat my vitamins every day but it took me about a year to get into the habit. Four years later I rarely miss eating them. Getting my kids to eat their vitamins … More Daily vitamins?
Bono once told an interviewer that the thing that keeps him on his knees is the difference between Grace and Karma. Karma is when my kids eat all of the ice cream when I told them not to, then later at McDonalds there are only enough French Fries for me (well, that is usually how … More Grace or Karma?
Getting High on Recovery 