You are a human being and, as such, you are susceptible to stress. And the more stress you accumulate, the heavier it becomes. At some point, if you accumulate too much, the weight of carrying it can break you. Twenty-seven years ago I planned to take my life. I had given in to voices that convinced me I was worthless. Thankfully, I was saved from this end by a fucking miracle. And for twenty-seven years my life has gotten markedly…
What’s the first thing you do when you need a part for your car or a cake for a party? You turn to Google. What’s the first thing you do when someone recommends a company to you? You Google it, then you visit the website. That’s what you do. That’s what we all do. And it’s not going to change anytime soon. You’re in business because you do something well. Be it a product or a service, that thing is why you’re in…
Saturday afternoon. I was coming off a 12-hour shift at the Air Force Base on a Guard weekend. From the train station, it was a 30 minute taxi ride to my apartment. I was tired. I grabbed a cab, told the driver where I was headed, and donned my Walkman headphones ready to drift into a dream. I rummaged through my satchel and found the cassette for In Through The Out Door. *Click*Pop*Click* and the opening chords of Fool in…
Sometime in January I made a commitment to get better. To become a better human being. To be less cynical and more open to the ideas of others. And while the short term results have, for the most part, been amazing–the more I practice I find myself routinely confronted with certain baggage that gets in the way of breaking through the din of the world to a more peaceful state-of-mind. Most notably the concepts that get in the way are…
According to my mother, the flower of the dogwood tree is significant to Christianity. * First of all, it only blooms around Easter. But that’s not the only reason. If you look closely, the tips of the white petals are crimson-colored. Combine this with the fact the flower’s petals are shaped like a cross, and you can imagine the tips of the cross stained in blood. And if you look really closely, you can see crimson spots speckled on the white…
My daughter’s high school soccer team is ranked #15 in America (and just #5 in NC – to illustrate how competitive soccer is here.) They’re 7-0-1 after tonight’s 9-0 victory against Garinger. The girl had three goals and two assists tonight. When I arrived at her school for the game, the JV women’s soccer team had just won by mercy rule, and the baseball team was destroying the Garinger by 20 runs. As I sat in the stands watching…
