Beginnings Matter

Are you living your life? Or is your life living you? I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately. I have come to see life as a (potential) wonderful gift and opportunity. A chance we get to revel in the beauty of each moment and to use our amazing minds and bodies to do “stuff.” I…

I have a theory about where much of our behavior comes from. I trot it out often, maybe too often . . . . But this theory does have value, even if seen again as an abstraction. What I mean is that if I distill this theory and its “implications” I can arrive at something useful,…

It isn’t where you came from; it’s where you’re going that counts. – Ella Fitzgerald The past is useful as a textbook. Something to review on occasion to learn and grow from, but it’s no where to live. It’s certainly no place to worry about. What matters is where you’re going. *  *  * Where are…

I am fundamentally an optimist. Whether that comes from nature or nurture, I cannot say. Part of being optimistic is keeping one’s head pointed toward the sun, one’s feet moving forward. There were many dark moments when my faith in humanity was sorely tested, but I would not and could not give myself up to…

You can do anything once you stop trying to do everything. – Eric Barker Why would anyone try to everything anyways? One possibility: to please. Trying to please others. Trying to please the idea we have in our heads about what people want from us. Trying to do enough and make people happy. Why? Because…

I wanted to pass along a great opportunity to get a neat Kindle (or paperback) book and help save lives in Africa. A few days ago I received an e-mail from Seth Godin about the Malaria No More project: I buy a Kindle book — with neat/cool/provocative/juicy/thought-provoking/useful/inspiring contributions from 61 authors — for $20 and $20 goes…