I love watching sunsets. Sometimes there is beauty, but always there is closure. Mourning the passing of a loved one is painful.  It feels much like a fading sunset. Yet I do know that mourning the passing of a loved one is “easier” when there are few regrets. That is, when there has been opportunity [...]

So when did being “connected” all the time become the norm? Just because we have cell phones and internet, it does not follow that we are required to engage 24/7. I recall a conversation with a lawyer that took place 20 years ago. He was bewailing the introduction of the fax machine. I asked why [...]

It is a scientific fact that if you can experience joy while waiting for your flight in an airport, you can experience joy anywhere. Joy, you say? I know. These days funeral homes are more joyous. If you define the opposite of joy as : security personnel scowling at you, overpriced food, uncomfortable and overcrowded [...]

Snapple make fine non-carbonated iced tea drinks and I must admit that I have a fondness for their diet peach tea flavor. But Snapple doesn’t stop at flavor. Under each bottle cap is a “Real Fact”.   Most are fun and not so relevant – such as, the definition of  “octothorpe“. (The answer to be [...]

It was a routine business trip, a routine flight, a routine city, a routine hotel. As is my routine, I checked into my room and prepared to unpack. I opened my suitcase to hang up my clothes to be worn the next day. That’s where routine hit a bump in the road. I stared at [...]

I’ve reinvented a bit of my life’s grammar. “Present Perfect” is now “Present Imperfect” and “Future Perfect” is now “Future Imperfect”. Why? I am on a journey to shed perfectionism from my vocabulary and thoughts. Perfectionism is insidious. It permeates the crevices of our thinking. It can inform our actions. It can cause much pain. [...]