August 23, 2010 | 1 comment
Here’s a new-to-me-version of an old story that has been widely circulated in the past that illustrates success in a simple life, well lived. The businessman was at the pier of a small coastal Mexican village when a small boat
August 13, 2010 | 2 comments
It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it’s the pebble in your shoe. ~ Muhammad Ali Is their a pebble in your shoe? Perhaps a gripe, a grudge, a resentment, or a complaint that is hobbling
August 10, 2010 | 3 comments
My riches consist not in the extent of my possessions, but in the fewness of my wants. ~ Joseph Brotherton
July 30, 2010 | 4 comments
While attending the Humor Conference at Silver Bay last June, I watched one of the speakers put his audience through an interesting exercise to prove there is a lot more good going on around us than we realize. But we
June 7, 2010 | 4 comments
Do you get angry very often? If so, have you ever stopped and asked why? A while back, I started to feel some anger well up within. It’s happened before, I confess, but I like to live an anger free