Or, do you really think that you can cram that square peg into a round hole? — The best of intentions. If you would just make a good decision. Can you take my advice this once? There are lots of good counselors out there! Statements like these seem to have the purpose of stirring up quick change in a person. …

Learning, ever-learning, what it’s all about. — Though I have shared clips of my bio many times over the years, I don’t think I have ever formally written it out in condensed form, (or any other form). I’m going to have a go at it here, and see what it looks like! I started as a child…

We do not have to join the ranks of non-thinkers. I don't actually believe that it is possible to not think. Sitting at the top of our heads is a supercomputer. Actually, that is not a good description of our brain. To compare the brain to a computer is similar…

Employees who feel good about themselves will work because they enjoy it — When I took my first position as Principal of an International School, I asked an experienced colleague for the one best piece of advice he had for me. With little thought, he gave me his answer. ‘Say yes’ was his response. 1. Give Affirmation Just as you would have, I had an immediate…

Sometimes it seems I’m a rebel without a (known) cause — My wife told me last night that I have always been a bit of a rebel. I have to concur, although I don’t feel much like staging a rebellion on anything these days. But I can see the rebel in me. I don’t want to be told what to do…

We own much more in life than the things we choose I have found that the Bible is loaded with surprising statements. Most of them fall under the ‘Oh, that was harsh!’category, and others would be part of the ‘I want some of that’ heading. Here is one: I don’t…

We can’t avoid it, we sometimes love it, and it often stresses us out, but there is adventure in it I grew up in New England. Raised in Vermont, married a girl from Maine and raised our children there. New Englanders are solid, strong people. They hold on to their…

3 steps toward discerning and saying goodbye to negativity. — Even without a pandemic, (which I refuse to refer to as the new normal), there is an abundance of negative energy in the world. Do you find it surprising when a perfectly good day is ambushed by one negative innuendo. It seems to attach to you and burrows down deep…

Or, save your energy for more important things — Do you remember, when you were a child (perhaps), and you had a desire which you were certain was going to come true? Maybe you thought about it day and night, visualizing the glorious day when the desire would become reality. I remember those days. Believing that I could simply…