One of my favorite sayings is the Chinese proverb, “The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The second best time is now.” There are three wonderful take aways from that one saying. First, there’s no bad time to do something good for yourself. Any time you choose to do something helpful […]
advice, chinese proverb, plant a tree, tree
In the movie, “Jerry McGuire”, his mentor, Dicky Fox, is shown in brief clips throughout the movie, dispensing homespun advice that relates to the challenges Jerry is going through. In life, as in the movies, having a wise old owl who can give you advice can be extremely important. If you don’t have a mentor […]
Mentor, mentorship, owl, wise old owls
Recently, I had to take my car in for repairs, and when I checked the distance from the auto repair shop to the office, I saw that it was 32 minutes if I walked, and 7 minutes if I managed to get a ride. I decided the time was better spent walking, and I’m glad […]
driving, efficiency, walk, walking
I was buying eggs recently at the supermarket and got slowed down quite a bit by just the sheer number of options there were. You could buy eggs based on the chicken’s diet, the chicken’s living conditions, where the chicken went to college, it seemed endless! When I finally made a decision and brought it […]
chicken, eggs, method, methods
One of my favorite scenes in the very powerful movie, The Shawshank Redemption, takes place towards the end of the movie when Andy and Red are talking outside in an empty courtyard at the prison. And Andy says, in this very poignant moment, “Get busy living or get busy dying!” Red has a certain interpretation […]
Living, Movie, quote, Shawshank Redemption
Back in the day, my older brother, Robbie, was a DJ at the Dickinson College Student Radio Station, and while doing dedications for a love song one day, he was reading through the dedications. You know, Jeremy loves Melissa, Margie loves Ed, and then he said, “And me, I love chocolate.” If you knew my […]
chocolate, Doing what you love, love
If you reflect on who the friends are that you have, that you feel most close to, I bet that they are people who listen well. And that just tends to be the case because we feel more connected to people who really listen to us, but what do you do when you have a […]
Friend, Listen, Listening, listening skills
I received a birthday card not too long ago that had a drawing of a couple on it, sitting together, and the man was handing the woman a flower. And on the front of the card it said,” Sometimes words are not enough.” The card was given to me by a cousin who is very […]
Birthday Card, silence, Silent
When I was a kid, there was a cartoon called,” The Hillbilly Bears”, and one of the bear’s grandpas would mumble and grumble when he started talking and you couldn’t really make out what he was saying until the last few words. Sometimes, in life, it can feel like people don’t catch the first few […]
Listening, listening skills, The Hillbilly Bears, tips
