Category Archives: Musings

The Price You Pay for the Roles You Play

There’s a story about Confederate and Union Civil War soldiers in position on opposite sides of a river. When the fighting stopped and the sun went down,  a shout came across the river from the Confederate side: “Hey Yank!” A … Continue reading

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Five Steps to Finding Your Life’s Purpose (Guaranteed!)

There seem to be a lot of people these days looking for their life’s purpose. I googled “How to find your life’s purpose” and came up with 94 million results. I searched a few of the 94 million results and found … Continue reading

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I’m Grateful I’m Not A Turkey, 2011

Here’s my gratitude list for 2011, you can click here if you’re interested in reading my 2009 list. I’m grateful: that my feet aren’t any bigger than they are. (Give me a break, I’m just getting warmed up here…) that … Continue reading

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43 Things To Stop Doing NOW

Stop saying “I hate _.” That just makes you a hater. Stop acting like you are the only one with problems. Stop complaining to people that can’t do anything about it. They don’t want to hear. Stop complaining if nothing … Continue reading

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Always Walking With Us: On One Side, Life, On the Other…

Death. When I was five years old I asked my mom if I was going to die. To her credit, she gave me the straight scoop: “Yes, you are going to die someday. Everybody dies.” I started bawling “I don’t … Continue reading

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It’s OK For You to Not Know.

I used to be one of those people who always had to have an answer for everything, you know, a “know it all.” Then one day someone told me “You’re not at smart as you think you are, and you’re not … Continue reading

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Every Day You Die, Every Day You Are Born

In 1927, at the age of 32, Buckminster Fuller stood on the shores of Lake Michigan, prepared to throw himself into the freezing waters. His first child had died. He was bankrupt, discredited and jobless, and he had a wife … Continue reading

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What You Know Won’t Help You.

Imagine:  You’re an extraterrestrial explorer speeding though an unknown galaxy. Your spacecraft malfunctions: you’re forced to make an emergency landing on a little blue planet. You survive the landing with a crippled craft. You’re stranded. You call the Galactic AAA. It’ll … Continue reading

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Do Space Aliens Feel Alienated?

I was standing in my back yard one night looking up at the Orion Constellation. It was cold and quiet. Suddenly, without any warning, I was blasted with an intensly blinding light, causing me to shut my eyes and fall to the ground! The light … Continue reading

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It’s Better to Be Grateful than Dead

I was originally going to write a post for this week titled “Wake Up or Die”. I realized that might be a little harsh for Thanksgiving week and perhaps I should focus on the gratitude thing. I emailed the new blog topic … Continue reading

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