177. I’m sure glad the world didn’t end before Christmas.
I woke up this morning and the first thing I felt was, well, … surprise. Like millions of others I had gone to bed last … Read More
176. Determination beats fear every time.
As Christmas approaches I look forward to receiving my annual phone call from my friend Georgina and, sure enough, she called yesterday to bring me … Read More
175. Are you asking me to inconvenience myself? Are you nuts?
One evening earlier this week I watched as an elderly man with a walker struggled to make his way up our driveway and into the … Read More
174. Let’s do something different for a change.
Habits! What are they? Well, the dictionary describes a habit as; an acquired behavior pattern regularly followed until it has become almost involuntary; a dominant … Read More
173. Let’s get together and worry, worry, worry.
“I’m worried sick,” my friend confided in me yesterday as we sat in one of the ubiquitous links of those coffee chains that have sprinkled … Read More
172. Some jokes aren’t.
For most of my life I have been told that I have a keen sense of humour, albeit a dry one. On those many occasions … Read More
171. No matter why, they shouldn’t be doing that.
A headlining yesterday’s newspaper screamed out to me. “Alcoholic driver guilty of ninth booze driving offense.” Ninth!! The story went on to say that this … Read More
170. Conspiracy theorists always know the facts.
The dictionary describes conspiracy theory as: 1.a theory that explains an event as being the result of a plot by a covert group or organization; … Read More
169. I’m so conflicted about conflict
Someone told me the other day that they wanted me to write a blog on conflict. I told them I didn’t care what they want. … Read More
168. Play it again Sam. Then play it again, and again, and again …
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.” Those immortal words were uttered by Aristotle some 2300 years … Read More