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Beware of the Familiar
Be careful revisiting relationships, places, or things because they feel safe, when all they really are, is familiar. Be careful of defaulting back to the familiar because you are fearful or anxious about going out and finding something new. Especially after you have gone through something hard. Made mistakes. Had your heart broken or left…
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The DNA of Our Words
Have you ever asked yourself, Why did I say that? or Why did I say it like that? It’s a really interesting exercise. To stop, for a brief moment, and review how you said what you said. To step back for a second, free from the emotion of the situation, and ask what was my…
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Maybe We Shouldn’t
Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should. Is this just some parental aphorism that gets thrown around to get children to not eat the second slice of cake? Or to prevent the unruly uncle from having that seventh beer at the birthday party? Or perhaps to keep you from buying that unnecessary new…
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Sweet Character You’ve Got There
I think one of the greatest tricks that gets played on us in the modern world is the idea that we must grade our value and feeling of self-worth on how the world sees us. That we have to wait for the feedback we receive from others to either like or not like something we…
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Cram Life In
“Cram as much life as you can into the time you are have”. Upon first glance that sentence seems to be your basic axiom thrown around by social media accounts or plastered on a wall of a conference room. I heard it the other day, probably by one of those aforementioned social media accounts, and…
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Coach
I spoke to one of my high school football coaches yesterday by chance. He was contacting my employer to let us know of his wife’s passing. It was an unusual situation since I would normally not be answering those calls but just happened to be helping at the end of the day. I could…