Who needs assisted confrontation? The nice guy who finishes last, that’s who. Besides, when you assist, and it goes wrong, you’re just trying to help, not hinder. I knew a nice guy once.
LIFE SAVING FOR THE GIVERS AND TAKERS
April 9, 2022 by
Life saving is more than a job at the swimming pool. It’s an everyday deal of doing small things that go unnoticed, until it matters. Then it’s everything. Where are the life savers when you need them, the people who take the time even when they’re running late? Who are these people? I think you […]
THE WORLD STOPS FOR NO ONE. HOW DO I KNOW?
February 1, 2022 by
The world stops for you, and you, and you, because you need a break? And it stops for the rest of us because things are moving a little too fast? Hold that thought. Hold the next one, too. Hold it tight.
LIFE SWITCH: IT’S EITHER ON OR OFF, NO ‘OTHER’
November 9, 2021 by
A life switch is not a light switch. We know what a light switch is, the thing on a wall connected to a light bulb. One moment it’s dark in the room, then it’s not. That’s the light switch. Light to dark, or dark to light. A Life Switch doesn’t work the same way.
RELAYED STRESS: BAD NEWS TRAVELS LIKE WILDFIRE
October 10, 2021 by
Relayed stress comes from hearing and repeating bad news, and it doesn’t get enough attention. Finding bad news is easy. It’s as easy as opening a magazine, a newspaper; as easy as looking at a phone screen, a laptop, or a tablet. Bad news is popular in print, on air, everywhere. “Do you remember where […]
STILL LIFE CONVERSATION FROM A NOW LATE AFTERNOON
September 25, 2021 by
A still life painting is every painting, but not according to the Tate Museum. One of the principal genres (subject types) of Western art – essentially, the subject matter of a still life painting or sculpture is anything that does not move or is dead. A painting may depict action, but when’s the last time […]
AWAKE AMERICA STARTS AT HOME, YOUR HOME ON THE RANGE
June 29, 2021 by
After last year it’s time to awake America, time for an awake America? Or time to find a new boogieman? Who remembers the first time someone yelled, “Wake Up,” in your face. If it’s never happened, then never mind, go back to sleep. But if it has happened, was it helpful? Were you asleep at […]
HOMEWARD? KEEP THE DREAM ALIVE WITH KINDNESS
April 19, 2021 by
Homeward bound is the life goal, the journey that starts new every day. Who wants to go home? You’re home now, but it doesn’t feel right? If it doesn’t feel like home, then it’s not home. Being confused is normal. Home means something different to everyone. For instance:
ASIAN AMERICANS ARE AS AMERICAN AS IT GETS
March 12, 2021 by
Asian Americans are as American as it gets. I’ve said it twice. Fight me. Hate crimes against elderly Asian Americans is not a sport, not a statement, but an act of cowardice and ignorance committed by the sort of people we’ve seen too much of. Who are they? Who might be joining them? It’s people […]
LIVE LONGER 2021? WHAT’S THE PLAN AFTER THAT
January 1, 2021 by
‘Live longer’ has been the mantra of mankind. Just a little longer, a little more, a little help to get there. Make the promise to do better if you’re given the grace of a longer life than, say, eighteen? You don’t have to believe it, but decisions made early have a way of reminding us […]
