Category: progress

Relax

August 17, 2006 | 1 comment

While working on improving my tennis serve, my coach told me to relax. I was too tense, he said, causing me to make many errors. He was right. I quickly saw that I needed to loosen up. When tense, my

Worry less love more

August 4, 2006 | 1 comment

An adage I find helpful to remember at times… “Worry is like a rocking chair. It gives us plenty to do, but gets us nowhere.”

The Israelis, the Palestinians, and land

July 27, 2006 | No comments yet

The Hizballahs attacked the Israelis with rockets over Israel’s northern border, and the Israelis are counter-attacking fiercely. There’s fear of a larger conflict erupting in an already red-hot Middle East. Will the conflict between the Palestinians and Israelis ever cease?

Testing the depth

July 10, 2006 | No comments yet

“Never test the depth of water with both feet.” The above proverb caught my attention on a reader board I saw in Spokane, Washington, this weekend. If wondering how deep a pond is, you don’t jump in with both feet

Buffett and Gates’ money

June 28, 2006 | No comments yet

Warren Buffett is donating $30 billion to a foundation run by Bill and Melinda Gates. It’s heartening to see the world’s two richest people joining forces to remedy some major world ills. Much of the funding will be spent on