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LIFE SAVING FOR THE GIVERS AND TAKERS

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 […]

STAY CALM ENOUGH TO MAKE IT THROUGH HARD TIMES

Stay calm is different than being told, “CALM DOWN.” The first is what you tell yourself; the second is what you hear when it’s not working. What’s the big deal about staying calm? Is it really that important? Yes, and here’s why:

DO YOUR BEST WORK, OR DO BETTER WORK

Your best work is your calling card, the thing that best identifies you. But doing your best is a tricky proposition, especially if your best work was an accident. It happens online all the time. Some twitter user with a few hundred fans posts what they think is their usual tweet, but it strikes a […]

MOVING ON WHEN YOU’RE THE LAST TO KNOW

Plans for moving on depend on timing: Don’t go too soon, or wait too long. If you’ve picked up and changed locations by yourself, you know the drill. Sometimes it works out better than expected. Then there’s this:

ACCEPTABLE LOSSES? WHO DECIDES FOR BOOMERS

Acceptable losses are like minor surgery. There’s no such things as minor surgery, just minor surgeons. Or, it’s minor surgery if it’s someone else going under the knife. Losses are the same. The closer you are, the less acceptable the loss.

DYING LIGHT? NO, IT’S CATARACTS

“Rage against the dying light.” That’s the advice dead-poet Dylan Thomas gives old people. “Do not go gentle into that good night, rage, rage against the dying of the light,” means something different at thirty-three, when Thomas wrote it, than ninety three. If the lights are dimming in your life, instead of raging and raging […]

TWO WORLDS, ONE PEOPLE

We live in two worlds, or so it seems. One world is bright and shiny with hope for the future. It’s glass and steel with clean, clear surfaces. Shades of blue light sparkle between the dreams of the builders and us, the visitors. That’s one world. Looks good, smells good, feels good.

AFFIRMING LIFE ON THE EDGE

How much do I like seeing people work at affirming life? I like it a lot. From this blog I’ve seen how important it is. I’ve also seen the need is never ending when confronted by adversity. A body laying in the street is just such an adversity, and I’m not in a war zone.

FEELING OLD AND TOO TIRED? TIME FOR A PUPPY

Feeling old and being old are two different things. How many times have you scrolled social media and found young people who sound too old for their years. Or at least too old for the the image they use for identification. Not everything is as it seems online. An old person could use a thirty […]

LIFE SAVING FOR THE GIVERS AND TAKERS

STAY CALM ENOUGH TO MAKE IT THROUGH HARD TIMES

DO YOUR BEST WORK, OR DO BETTER WORK

MOVING ON WHEN YOU’RE THE LAST TO KNOW

ACCEPTABLE LOSSES? WHO DECIDES FOR BOOMERS

DYING LIGHT? NO, IT’S CATARACTS

RICK STEVES SAYS TRAVEL IS A POLITICAL ACT

TWO WORLDS, ONE PEOPLE

AFFIRMING LIFE ON THE EDGE

FEELING OLD AND TOO TIRED? TIME FOR A PUPPY

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