Happiness is a daily decision. We decide minute to minute how we as adults are going to frame an experience. We decide how we are going to view our lives. We decide how we’re going to interpret every moment. These decisions may seem simple and common - something not to pay too much attention to, right? How we view each second... is it really ( Read more... )

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 To keep with tradition, here's my year in review by way of questionnaire.

( The Questionnaire )

A few weeks ago, I was on my way home after a Mystics game at the Verizon Center. An older lady joined me as I waited at 42 bus stop. She was wearing a Mystics jersey, so I asked her what the final score was as I left with a few minutes left on the clock. From there, we started chatting. The bus arrived and we both got on and continued our ( Read more... )

NEW YORK - For the first time in nine years, the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks became a day of protest, as a circus-like clash of demonstrations - ostensibly over the Cordoba House mosque - filled the streets of lower Manhattan on Saturday for several hours following the somber reading of the litany of the lost. Read more... ( Read more... )

"If you observe a really happy man you will find him building a boat, writing a symphony, educating his son, growing double dahlias in his garden, or looking for dinosaur eggs in the Gobi desert. He will not be searching for happiness as if it were a collar button that has rolled under the radiator. He will not be striving for it as a goal in ( Read more... )

I was standing outside watching the tower crane work in the lightning storm. As I stood there, a gentlemen that I'd seen around the office comes out and starts watching, too. We chit chat about how amazing tower cranes are, how they seem to defy the laws of physics in their structure and stance, and how cool it would be to work up there ( Read more... )

Let's start with the present.

Whenever I leave home, whether I'm going grocery shopping or leaving for a long trip, Mom and/or Dad comes to the door and stands there waving until they can no longer see me at the end of the street. This picture was taken July 25, 2010, as I was leaving home to head back to D.C.

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1) How often do you brush your teeth?
Usually twice a day - first thing in the morning, last thing at night. Never less than once a day.

2) What kind of toothpaste do you use?
I'm a Colgate Total w/ Whitening gal.

3) How often do you floss?
I used to floss multiple times a day. Now, before going to bed.

4) How many cavities have you had?I didn ( Read more... )

Many people go through life without a thought of their values and priorities. They just float through life, not realizing where they’re going and what they’re doing. But these people end up regretting things later in life, usually when it’s “too late”. And they never find inner peace ( Read more... )