We are coming close to the end of the year. Have you done all the things that you wished this year, or are you missing things that you thought you were going to do? There is still time to do what you wanted to accomplish but you need to get on it. You can doContinue reading “The Beginning of the Ending of 2021”
Category Archives: Life Skills
Learning Restraint
How will you use restraint? I learned the word restraint one night when I was going to pick up my girlfriend at the time. The year was 1982 and my car was a Corolla 74. I remember that I was speeding and suddenly I had police car behind me using his loud speaker telling meContinue reading “Learning Restraint”
Summer Journeys
Where will your path lead? I have committed to the journey of finding out more about my condition. We will see where that leads. I will provide updates as I learn more. It takes time some to get all the testing done and it doesn’t happen in one or two weeks. In the meantime, weContinue reading “Summer Journeys”
Listening 101
Listening can be difficult particularly when people don’t want to hear what is being said. People often are more interested in getting to where they want to go rather than if the path is a safe one. To be fair, most people are very good at following directions until they are late for their appointment.Continue reading “Listening 101”
It’s My Life
It is January 25th and we are almost at the end of the first month of the year. This first month has already shown that we may have a bumpy ride at the start of this year. However, it doesn’t necessarily mean that it is going to be a difficult for everyone. Yes, we doContinue reading “It’s My Life”
Lean on Me
All You Have to Do is Ask I am facing a new task for this school year. I am not teaching college students like I have done in the last 11 years. No, I am going to be teaching 4th graders for this coming year. It is a one-off situation this year because of COVID andContinue reading “Lean on Me”
Don’t Stop Believing
Take the First Step on Your Journey We always have another choice. We may not like the other choices before us, but they do exist. Often, we believe that there is only one viable solution, but the truth is that there are many choices before us. Our challenge is to narrow those choices and follow whatContinue reading “Don’t Stop Believing”
Times Like These
Peering over the Pandemic Wall “It’s times like these you learn to live again.” The Foo Fighters got it right. We are learning to live again particularly because our own existence is at stake and nothing is a given. At the same time, we have to take the chances that we get. Step out intoContinue reading “Times Like These”
Once in a Lifetime
Letting the Days Go By If you are a fan of the Talking Heads you will know the song Once in a Lifetime. The lyrics in this song are very compelling to me right now because often we do let the days go by and now everyone’s problem is that it isn’t the same as itContinue reading “Once in a Lifetime”
Time for a Break
3 Simple Steps Do you ever feel like you have a life that really isn’t your own life? Does it feel like you are doing things for everyone else and not yourself? Like someone handed you a script and all you can do is read your lines. I feel that way many times. I imagineContinue reading “Time for a Break”
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