I dropped my car off at a car repair shop that is just a three or four minute drive from my office, but a 20 minute walk, and I always prefer the walk because I see so many cool and interesting things on my way back. And this is a route that I’ve driven many […]
observation, observe, walk
Recently, when I put on a pair of pants I hadn’t worn in a while, I reached into the right pocket and found a dollar. It is always fun to find money in an article of clothing or somewhere else in the home that we forgot about. In fact, the personal finance expert Susie Orman […]
dollar, find, lost, money, pants
The tremendous relationship expert, John Gottman, has theories and data about why relationships are successful. One of the concepts he talks about is related to when one person in a couple is looking to get some attention, affection, or something else by beginning a conversation, and the reaction of the other partner could be “turning […]
gottman, john gottman, Listen, Listening, turning towards
There’s a joke about a woman walking her son along the beach when a big wave comes, crashes over them, and washes her son out to sea. She looks up at the sky and she prays and begs God to return her little boy, and as the next wave washes up, the son is deposited […]
gratefulness, hat, joke
The Wall Street Journal, and many other media, are reporting on the red-hot trend of younger people buying flip phones in addition to having their smartphones. The flip phones are being used when they’re out and about, and away from home, to disconnect from the constant lore of looking at smartphones and social media. The […]
flip phone, gen z, phone, smartphones, Technology
The other day I was going through some bins in my closet and found an old t-shirt from a high school football camp that I went to. As I was looking at it, I thought “do I really need this?” and thinking about just decluttering and possibly throwing things away, or giving them away, I […]
baby, dress, football, high school, mementos, memories, mother, photos
Someone sent me a thank you card that has Charlie Brown and Snoopy on it, and it represents so well the easy comfort and compatibility that Charlie Brown had with Snoopy his dog, and probably his best friend. If you have someone in your life who you feel that same thing about, that same sense […]
card, charlie brown, snoopy, thank you card
Somebody was complaining to my father about a friend who was disappointing them quite a bit over a pretty long period of time. My father listened to all the examples they gave and considered it for a bit and then said three words, “Find another friend.” It was an example of my father’s purely logical […]
advice, approach, father, Friend, logical
