Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself. Rumi Every day, I tell my girlfriend I love her. She is an incredible woman whom I am blessed to […]
I am blind in one eye, but I do not rock an eye patch. And though I wish I had two functioning peepers, I do not forget how fortunate I am. A brain bleed in 2005 damaged some of my […]
“I don’t read the news anymore.” “So, you’re oblivious as to what I’m talking about? Have you been living under a rock?” “Yes.” I was at my sister’s house yesterday, celebrating my niece’s ninth birthday, and sipping gulping red wine […]
Because the traffic jams and crowded aisles and long checkout lines give me time to think, and if I don’t make a conscious decision about how to think and what to pay attention to, I’m going to be pissed and […]
A man is not doing much until the cause he works for posseses all there is of him. John Wanamaker At most points during the past five years, Mr. Wanamaker would have said to me, “You are not doing much, […]
“Coffee, the favorite drink of the civilized world.” Thomas Jefferson I crave coffee in the mornings. So, my path to the coffeemaker is direct after I wake up and stop at the loo (as the wankers across the pond call […]
I turned off the water and looked in the bathroom mirror. I smiled, and a foreign idea emerged. I thought, “I like the way I look and feel.” A similar assessment had not crossed my mind in more than 18 […]
I pushed the dumbells into the air and thought, “This dude next to me is probably wondering what ails me, why I am not lifting heavier weights.” I finished the set and walked over to the sani-wipe dispenser. I pull […]
Yoda eyes me up and proclaims, “The force is strong in this one.” The goofy green character is not comparing me to Skywalker. He’s referring to my imposter syndrome. The National Institute of Health defines imposter syndrome as “a behavioral […]
Often, my unhappiness is a self-inflicted wound. I was in bed last night with my girlfriend. The lights were out, and we had finished our pillow talk. My eyes were closed when she observed, “Jessabelle [the cat] is not in […]