It’s one of our favorite romantic movie lines. You complete me, from 1996’s Jerry Maguire, instantly became a go-to line for many of us who saw the movie. It’s an excellent line. And a dangerous one. It’s excellent because it captures, succinctly and poetically, the depth of feeling between two people who love each other. […]
Many of us spend our lives gaining, earning, accumulating the objects we think we need to be happy. We make our plans, marry the right people, enter the right professions. We make our money, save, invest, borrow, overextend ourselves, claw our way back to where we were. And the whole time, we tell ourselves we’re […]
So many of us spend our lives careening from one crisis to another, never taking the difficult step of assuming control of our own lives. How much better might our lives be if we could shift our focus from who’s to blame to what can I do? Goals Status: Marathon: On Track. I’ll do four […]
I no longer consider myself exclusively Christian. But I love Christmas. I didn’t always. For a big chunk of my life, it was always somebody else’s holiday: before I embraced Christianity, it was too much about Jesus, and after, it was too much about buying and consuming. There was always something to be mad about […]
Actually, nothing can make you happy. You have to choose happiness. That’s where courage comes in. That’s easy for you to say, you tell me. You have no idea the kind of day I’ve had. That’s true. I have no idea the kind of day you’ve had. But I know a thing or two about […]
Joy and happiness are not the same. Happiness comes from outside. It is that feeling we get when the things going on around us make us feel good. A victory, a lover’s touch, a frisky puppy can all make us happy. But a defeat, a lover’s absence, or a puppy ruining our shoes can make […]