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BE INSPIRED BY SEEKING INSPIRATION

February 11, 2026 by David Gillaspie

To be inspired you have to seek it? What about seeing something accidentally, or unexpected, that hits just right? For some it’s a sunset, a beautiful sunset, the most incredible sunset since the night before. Call it inspirational, and you like it because it makes you feel inspired. Then what? Drinks? Take me for example:

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CARE MORE THAN WHAT?

May 31, 2025 by David Gillaspie

“Care more about what you can change,” is the mantra I like. There’s something on your shoe? Clean it off. Your house plant is drooping? Water it. The basics are still basics.

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LOOKING BACK AT THE BEGINNING

March 23, 2025 by David Gillaspie

Looking back can be dangerous, in an embarrassing way. The 80’s were a time of tight shorts in the NBA, and Crater Lake. That’s me with my girlfriend’s dog on a summer fashion shoot, a single man loose in the wild. I married that particular girlfriend. We were wedding bound after this trip.

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CARE ENOUGH WHEN IT MATTERS, OR . . .

October 14, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Does anyone care enough? Yes? No? Depends? Ask someone who cares about everything, all the time, with every fiber in their soul, blah, blah, blah. They care, just ask them. How can anyone care so much about so many things? What’s the secret? Please continue:

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BIG TIME TAKES SMALL STEPS: THE GATE

September 29, 2024 by David Gillaspie

The big time is closer than you think, closer than I thought. It’s easy to miss if you don’t look closely. The wood in the picture is an example.

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ASPIRATIONAL LIVING STEP BY STEP

August 17, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Aspirational living has it’s own vocabulary. “I would have done that.” “I could have done that.” “How hard can it be?” Sometimes reality sets in sooner than later, as it should.

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FART AROUND LIKE KURT VONNEGUT, IT’S GOOD FOR YOU

August 4, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Fart around like you mean it: Kurt Vonnegut tells his wife he’s going out to buy an envelope: “Oh, she says, well, you’re not a poor man. “You know, why don’t you go online and buy a hundred envelopes and put them in the closet?“ And so I pretend not to hear her.

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GAME CLOCK FUN? IT’S ALWAYS RUNNING

January 15, 2023 by David Gillaspie

The game clock of life runs and runs, and it’s running fast. We still like to think we all start the same. No one notices the difference since we’re so busy doing other things. Maybe you’re heard that life happens when you’re doing other things? What other things?

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AMERICAN RESUME SHOULD INCLUDE WHAT?

November 15, 2022 by David Gillaspie

An American resume is different for everybody. People showed up early, some late, some are on the way. All need to realize what they’re hearing when the chant of, “USA, USA, USA” starts. Too many of the cheerleaders have a poor American resume, and it shows.

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KID COMPANY: VOTE LIKE THEY MATTER

October 18, 2022 by David Gillaspie

‘Kid company’ is different than babysitting. Instead of a few hours, it’s a few days. During those days you can see what a kid wants and needs more than you can in a few hours. What do they want? They want ‘you’ all day, so bring your best. What’s that look like?

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