Do you ever feel lost? Recently I was driving in a new community and found myself completely lost.  I was frustrated, didn’t have a map and had no idea how to get to where I needed to go.  I followed my instincts and eventually found my way — even though I ended up being quite [...]

The Los Angeles Times reports on a phenomenon that is getting more popular: “Life coaches” If you want to plant a garden, cook what you grow, find a husband, be a better husband, get a baby to sleep, get along with a teenager, get that teenager into college, get a divorce or lose 20 pounds, [...]

“Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn and you will.” ~Vernon Howard It can be hard to find time to learn amid the busyness of work and family but if you have a few minutes here and there, that’s enough.  Pick up a good book, try a new cuisine or [...]

You may be familiar with arachnophobia (fear of spiders) and agoraphobia (fear of public places) but are you familiar with selachophobia? That would be fear of sharks. Recently I was chatting with some friends about which activities we would or wouldn’t fear doing, such as skydiving, rock climbing, storm chasing, bullfighting, etc. I know “swimming [...]

I remember summer afternoons as a child, laying on the grass and watching the clouds. I could see the mansion I would move into when I grew up.  I imagined what my life would be like.  It was absolutely glorious.   Then I grew up and dreaming developed a different perspective.  I no longer took time [...]

I love stories of hope and redemption, stories that grab you and don’t let go until you see them to completion. I love it when a story speaks a truth so real that you can’t get it out of your head. Recently, I read just such a story: Wildflowers From Winter by Katie Ganshert. Wildflowers [...]

There's nothing this world needs more than people who have been changed by love.

It starts with a series of words and the simple question, “Positive or negative?” Words like family, spirituality, work, religion, Jesus, Buddha, prayer.  Positive or negative, what is your experience? What is your story? In Crave: The Documentary author Erwin McManus interviewed people from all walks of life looking for the stories that connect us [...]

I used to work with a very wise woman named June. June had seen a lot of life and I loved listening to her stories.  One thing that stuck with me the most had to do with change.  She said quite simply “Don’t try to change other people.  The only person I can change is [...]

Love can be dangerous. When you aim high and love lets you down, the fall is far.