In the wonderful musical, The King and I, there is a scene where the king is despairing about all these big issues that he has to grapple with and kind of potentially make decisions about, and he sort of throws up his hands because all of this to him is what he calls a puzzlement. […]
Decisions, puzzle, puzzlement, scene, the king and i
The other day, I had the opportunity to see a concert that featured a string quartet and a piano playing wonderful classical music. What I didn’t realize until after the concert when I walked over to where the musicians were, was that on their music stands instead of sheet music, there were tablets, and on […]
concert, concert hall, new, old, Technology, violin
On a personal finance podcast I listened to, a caller was seeking advice because they were looking for a house and not finding it in the geographical area where they were looking. As the host asked a few questions, it became apparent that the person had very, very specific things they were looking for in […]
choices, metaphor, slow, snail
I believe the universe sends us messages and it’s our job to figure out what they mean. Recently, I was on my way to work and there was a truck in front of me that was from an oil recycling business, and it had logos and other information on the sides of the truck and […]
i love my life, life, love, Messages, universe
When I was a little kid and my mother was making coffee in a coffee pot, she would count out loud the number of scoops that she was putting in to match the number of cups she wanted, but she would always add an extra scoop at the end, and she would say,” and one […]
mother, one for the pot, story
The other day on a mailbox that’s right outside my office, I noticed someone had put a key on top of the mailbox. I imagine that it was dropped somewhere in the area and this person picked it up, and put it on top of the mailbox, trying to be helpful. It brings up two […]
lost, lost and found
There is not a week that goes by in my life that I don’t think about something a teacher throughout my life had told me or taught me about something. More often than not, quite honestly, it’s something that I learned from them about succeeding in life, not necessarily something about geometry. I have over […]
gratitude, teach, teachers, thank you, thankful
The other day, I went into a bank and there was a counter at the entrance where there was a greeter who asked me why I was there. I explained what I wanted to do and he said, “I can help you with that.” And I thought, great. He said, “Do you have a cellphone?” […]
bank, customer service, process, story
In a commencement speech given by the wonderful author David Foster Wallace, he begins by telling a story about two young fish who are swimming along, when an older fish passes them and says, “Morning, how’s the water?” As they swim by, one of the younger fish turns to the other and says, “What the […]
david foster wallace, fish, fish story, parable
