Isn’t everyone’s favorite Christmas carol “Silent Night”? When we sing it we always use that soft breathy voice that indicates we understand and enjoy the beauty of silence. A few seconds after the “Amen” we’re back to the reality of the noisy world we live in. Look, no listen to all the noise we hear […]
Month: November 2012
Butterfly on a Thorn – Could it be You?
Someone needs you today. Someone needs your love, your encouragement, or maybe just your presence. So get to work on those relationships. Value the people closest to you. Express appreciation, pat someone on the back, offer a word of affirmation, but do something to improve the quality of those interweaving relationships that make life worth living.
Guinea Pigs Have No Problems
Problems are what life is made up of. If we faced no problems and everyday our every need was provided for without calling forth any effort on our behalf why would we ever get out of bed? We would have no more use for living than that guinea pig. He sits in his nice little glass cage, is fed fresh food and water every day and cares nothing about shifting tectonic plates, nuclear proliferation, diminishing bank balances, or the increasing arthritis pain in my left knee. He has no problems and therefore no reason for existence.
A Conservative’s Lament
The Day Obama was reelected may be one of the darkest days in American history. I read this won/lost score sheet on the radio on 1310KFKA on Nov. 7. A listener emailed me and requested a copy. He called the list, A Conservative’s Lament. I stole his title. It’s not an essay, it’s a lament […]
Zoom to Your Zenith
This is the last of a series of columns originally titled “Prepare for the Boom.” When I began the series almost a year ago I was anticipating an economic boom that I thought would naturally follow the bust of the last few years. I posited that those who were the best prepared for the break […]