A growing number of Americans are horrified by the recent spate of violent events related to race over the last few years. To me it’s like a watching a bad reality show entitled, “America in Retrograde.” If only the state of our union was just a TV show, I imagine lots of viewers would be scrambling for their remotes.
The Bigger Picture
You’ll Only Change When You’re Ready, Part 2 — or Flow with the Go
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After enduring battle fatigue and failed efforts at getting my way, the last and most important precursor to accepting a new way of handling the challenges I faced was opening my mind to the notion that such a thing even existed. I needed something larger than my problems and more capable than myself at arriving at the right solutions. This is where my faith entered the picture.
You’ll Only Change When You’re Ready, Part 1
Most of us are creatures of habit and we make our most comfortable, most familiar decisions out of routine. It doesn’t matter if the decision carries intrinsic benefits or drawbacks; as long as the decision is tried and true and and can be found within our comfort zone, there’s a high probability we’ll opt for it. Every time.
Don’t believe me?
To You Whose Life Has Been Ravaged by Cancer
To You Whose Life Has Been Ravaged by Cancer,
I read a searing article on Salon.com by Sarah Beth Lowe today that gave me greater insight into the horror that is the disease known as cancer. While reading it I thought back to a visit over coffee I had with an old friend who went through breast cancer. Thanks to Providence, circumstance, and/or fortitude she survived her ordeal, but cancer claimed one of her breasts before all was said and done.
I Get By With A Little Help From My Friends
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After reading the hundreds of birthday wishes you guys left on my Facebook wall last week in honor of my fifty-fifth birthday, I felt very much like George Bailey at the end of the Christmas classic, “It’s a Wonderful Life.” Thanks you guys for taking the time to stop by my page to post succinct “happy birthday” greetings, animated GIFs, videos, artwork, and a few pictures from back in the day when I had a much smaller waist and a lot more hair.
What the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster Taught Me About Facing Challenges
I can tell you exactly where I was thirty years ago today with absolute certainty. January 28, 1986, at about 11:30 a.m., I was giving autographs and taking photographs with tourists in front of the Train Station at the entrance to the Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom in Florida. The air felt unusually cold that against my legs, but the rest of me felt toasty warm thanks to the Donald Duck costume I wore. The two pairs of yellow-orange duck tights afforded my legs no protection from the unusual cold snap that gripped the state.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2016
This quote by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is one of my favorites because it not only resonates with black Americans’ fight for Civil Rights in the 1960s, but on a universal level it speaks to the human struggle of accepting one’s self while holding fast to dreams and abilities in the face of doubt and hubris, and humbly offering it all to the Creator for the fulfillment of his purpose.
2016: The Year of “No.”
I don’t know about you, but I was glad to bid 2015 a fond “GTFO!” Mind you, I’m thrilled to have witnessed all of 2015, but still . . . despite its blessings, 2015 left a lot to be desired.
One of the top five worst ways to handle life’s challenges. Explore the pitfalls of this tactic and discover better coping skills in my book, 3 Things I Know: Facing and Embracing Life’s Challenges.
Everybody’s Got Their Something
Everybody’s got their “something.” What’s yours?