Saturday Mornings

' Poem for the week' -- "The Means to Attain Happy Life": Martial, the things that do attain   The happy life be these, I...

I would unite with anybody to do right; and with nobody to do wrong. -- Frederick Douglass

I am a morning person. What I mean by that is that much of my inspiration for being alive comes from what happens in the early morning. As ...

Picking up from  last week .... Character  informs values and values inform character.  In combination, they manifest behaviors resulting fr...

Ever noticed …that most good things take time ?

Sometimes, it is only in the midst of the “tempest,” in the heart of a storm of circumstances which we can’t control, that we come finally t...

  The current moment and the history  barreling behind it.

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves. -- Carl Jung The more I think about it, the more I f...

On a day of memorial for Rev. Jesse Jackson, a brief history that Keeps Needing To Be Told

Balance.   That's what we need  right now, right? Unless our head is in the sand of all our TV shows, we are collectively struggling wit...

The blizzard doesn't last forever; it just seems so. -- Ray Bradbury

All lies come to an end. The truth lasts forever. -- Simon Sinek

I'm wondering ...about the role of  character  in our lives.   Because how, as a society, will we survive without it? For good or bad, p...

One of the greatest deceptions of our time is the false narrative that tells us we should be more concerned about a poor person misusing th...

What really you care about is more  evident than you think. One of your greatest opportunities for joy , is to join someone in what they lov...

You have to know more than just what the FOX News echo-chamber is saying (I force myself to watch it, just so I know).  At the very least, ...

We better get our collective humanity back before it’s too late. Sometimes it takes a  crisis  to re-find it.  I'd say we're in one...

Here is a test to find whether your mission on earth is finished:  If you're alive , it isn't. -- Richard Bach

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent . -- Cal...

I’ve noticed …I can quickly lose my sense of bearings when I'm not around other people.

40 years ago today, we started doing this  marriage thing . To celebrate that, we recently took a little trip.... Some pics from it that tel...

Watching someone riding on a chairlift and being on one is not the same thing. Even though a lot of what you can do is just a little, a lot ...

  On the Lighter Side :

The goal of this administration’s voter ID push is to make sure the “right people” are voting to elect the “right leaders.” -- Kristi Noem

Stay close to any sounds that make you glad you are alive . -- Hafez

It is God’s goodness that leads to repentance. I have plenty of repenting to do this year. More than usual, I’m sorry to say.  But this Len...

Focus on the inputs you control and the outputs will follow. -- Shane Parrish

Ever noticed ...that many of us want someone else to go first?

 Some important history on Presidents Day.

Your one little grain of salt can help with something someone else’s grain can’t. And when all the grains get mixed and sprinkled togethe...

Embrace where you are, in sunshine or rain. What you see is impacted by what you experience ; what you do is impacted by what you see. They...

Visual - “Nā Pali Coast” Nā Pali Coast,  Kauai

 

When you receive the phone call…. You know, the one that changes something significant about your life. What do you notice happens inside y...

If is is not right, do not do it; if it is not true, do not say it. -- Marcus Aurelius

What is success depends on how you define it.  Otherwise you are left with how others ( society ) define it for you, which is often quite ...

I'm wondering ...about our relationship with money , as a society and as individuals.   When does it liberate us?  When does it keep us...

-- Joseph Vogel, Timpanogos Hiking Co.

Whenever you have a choice between being right or being kind, be  kind .  No exceptions. -- Kevin  Kelly   We must be willing to get rid of...

' Poem for the week' -- "In These Dark Days": From what darkness in its center does the amaryllis call forth the tall gre...

What is on my mind today? Well, what isn't?  In many directions right now, I feel a foreboding sense of existential crisis.  And, when I...

Participation in a society is not an artistic choice, it's a human need. -- Ai Weiwei

To get on a path to success, we need a plan. To achieve success, we need to be flexible when the path is blocked. -- Simon Sinek

Every third Monday, I ask myself, what have I noticed lately...about myself.  This week, for example,  I’ve noticed …that I've become mo...

Almost everyone prays...when they feel desperate enough.  Perhaps the question then is, when (and why) do we stop praying? "Why do it, ...

Outrage is not a public policy, by the way. In a democracy , paying attention is a duty . ...so is not being silent  for your fellow-man. W...

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Aren’t we all pretty desperate to find something to hold on to? So much so, in fact, we often hold on to the wrong things.  At least in the ...

A self that goes on changing is a self that goes on living. -- Virgina Woolf

The most valuable skill isn't inspiration, but the ability to work without it. -- Shane Parrish

Ever noticed …when people deny reality? I don't know (sic), what does that look like to you?  Why do  you think Greg Bovino is wearing w...

The world presents itself in two ways to me. The world as a thing I own, the world as a mystery I face. What I own is a trifle, what I face ...

Some people pursue their commitments with intentionality; others with spontaneity — and yet others with both. Conscience is still a thing ...

Somehow, our President managed to grab the whole world's attention (again) this week: Dear Jonas:  Considering your Country decided not ...

If you need something from somebody, always give that person a way to hand it to you. -- Sue Monk Kidd

We are inclined to things like…status quo. Perhaps, we are because we believe there is more to be gained (or less to be lost) if we just ke...