I have been thinking about how often we start conversations with “not that I have expectations” as if having expectations is akin to having herpes.  I myself have often said it and have decided to make a stand.  There is nothing wrong with expectations!  In fact weather we admit it or not we all have them.   Perhaps they are as simple as expecting ( Read more... )

An interaction I just had with a coworker set me to thinking. A little background ( Read more... )

I was watching Animal Planets “Stranger Among Bears” last night and found myself enthralled with Charlie Vandergaw’s way of life… First the necessary disclaimers: 1) I obviously don’t agree with breaking the law and 2) In this system his lifestyle was as dangerous as any extreme sport if not more so so, obviously not practical…but ( Read more... )

I was watching STTNG yesterday and it raised this wave of nostalgia. When this came out I was watching it in Canada with my family. I was a preadolescent even then I knew there were thunderstorms on the horizon for our family. Still I could lose myself in the optimism of the moment. My Father was the scifi fan in our house. He used to tell us ( Read more... )

Every year there is a day toward the middle/end of summer where you wake up one morning and the air smells slightly different. The temperature is chill and you can tell Autumn will soon come. The day may develop into another lovely summer day but its like you’ve passed the tipping point. On days like this I deeply wish I was curled up in some ( Read more... )

Nobody truly knows a person even the person themselves ( Read more... )

I have been so unmotivated the past few weeks. I got on such a good schedule fell off and am searching for that scrap of motivation and self control that will get me going again. I am trying really hard not to fall into the self recrimination trap ( Read more... )

I was sitting on the front porch stairs watching the hummingbirds yesterday evening. Its funny how something roughly half the size of my thumb can show individual personality traits. There were at least 4 coming back and forth from the feeder. One of them was very territorial and would run the others off. Another was very vocal chirping ( Read more... )

But how do you really do it? I love the illustration about having a jar and putting the large rocks first then the medium then the small then the sand... Makes loads of sense every time I hear it but its so complicated in real life. Or at least it seems like it to me. I mean you ask.. what is my priority and right away I will say spiritual first ( Read more... )

I would like to know 33 things about you. It doesn't matter if we never talk or if we already know everything about each other ( Read more... )