Robin Wright Made Me Gay
As a kid, I was always around older people. Adults. Kids from church, my family & our close friends, the neighborhood… it was great to get a head start on social skills, and to get to participate in stuff they … Continued
Write or Die
When I have an idea. I write. When there’s something good going on. I write. When things get tough. I write. Writing has been a big part of my life since childhood. My great-grandma, who was a delightful painter and … Continued
What are you looking at?
I’ve been doing a lot of introspection and reflection lately (exacerbated by the goings-on in Charleston), and came across this passage in an article about social responsibility written by Albert Borgmann: The great virtue of a nation is that the … Continued
When You Don’t Pay Attention, It Doesn’t Just Hurt Me, or You… It Hurts Everything
More and more, we are divided into communities of concern. And, more and more, these communities are pitted against one another. Each side can’t ignore the other side and live in its own world. This makes us less of a … Continued
The Turning Point Is Always Now
An inflection point is an event that results in significant change in the progress of a company, industry, economy or geopolitical situation. In human development, “growth points” are the moments when thoughts and words and actions collide. They can also … Continued
Your Life Is Yours to Win
Realize how special you are. In your body. In every single moment. In every possible way. When you woke up today, that was the first and the only time it happened and will ever happen. I’m not talking about simply … Continued
Sub-Standard Comes Standard
Sub-Standard Comes Standard The big gripes about my generation, the Millennials (a label I reject with every fiber of my being), is that they all want to be praised simply for existing, that they are entitled, that they don’t know … Continued