by admin | Apr 17, 2015 | Blogs
We think in terms of heroic quests—which many of us undertook this year!—as about the big battles, facing the demons, going through a process fraught with potholes and devils and winning. And yep, that’s what a quest is about. But those things are only part of it. I...
by admin | Apr 16, 2015 | Blogs
Not so long ago, I would have thought that title incomplete. I would have followed it with: When x happens. Or I achieve y. Or z comes to see me. You know, that time when something occurs that you want, and you bask in the happy glow. Like you, my life is...
by admin | Apr 15, 2015 | Blogs
You know, we talk about happiness a lot. The pursuit of it. Where to find it. How to go about that. But some people just don’t want any part of it. You know them, right? The folks who frown all the time. Who complain all the time. Who condemn all the time . . ....
by admin | Apr 3, 2015 | Blogs
So I wrote last Fall about my girl Siren’s pregnancy and reabsorption and how difficult that all was, but how we got through it. It was a long road, full of not only heartache but a frightening infection that almost resulted in a spay of this lovely, wonderful girl. ...
by admin | Apr 2, 2015 | Blogs
Because the fear’s gonna come. It always does. Fear comes in lots of packages. We know its names—fear of failure, fear of success, fear of change in whatever that looks like. The lists are endless, but always come back to these. Psychologists disagree on exactly...
by admin | Apr 1, 2015 | Blogs
It’s encoded in our DNA. That old fight-or-flight response served such a purpose once, literal life and death depending upon it. From the dawn of human consciousness we had to know when to hold ‘em, know when to fold ‘em. As Kenny Rogers said, “Know when to walk...
