We can spend our time arguing about where the world came from. We can argue the difference between the Big Bang and Let there be light, each of us ridiculing the other’s position and logic. We can let the debate descend into name-calling, abandon all respect for each other. We can entrench in our positions, […]
We ask ourselves this question all the time, or one like it: Why can’t we just move back to Dallas? Why can’t I just go back to my old job? Why can’t we just keep our old car? Why can’t we just get back together? We get the idea that back then, everything was fine. […]
When we meet somebody who doesn’t fit our preconceptions of a group, someone we find ourselves growing comfortable with, we often feel a need to praise our new friend with an observation that points out how unlike those people he is. We say something like: Those people are all so immature, so ignorant. Present company […]
This is my third post for the Your Turn Challenge. Progress toward my goals: A trifecta today! Marathon: Behind Schedule. I failed to run this morning as I had planned to; I’ll make it up tomorrow morning. Two Square Yards of Earth: Behind Schedule. No change since yesterday. 100 Posts: Behind Schedule. This is my […]
Q: Four frogs are sitting on a log. Three decide to jump off. How many are left? A: Four. Deciding to jump isn’t jumping. Most of us have said this to ourselves at one time or another: I’m going to do it this time. I didn’t do it last time because [insert excuse here]. The […]
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. Mark Twain, from here Moving forward into the unknown is terrifying. […]