Making better choices

December 7, 2009 | 2 comments

I watched a one-minute lesson on the Tennis Channel last night delivered by a sports psychologist. He was pointing out the importance of not letting negative emotions take over one’s thinking while playing tennis. As he noted, if you hit

An instrument in tune

December 4, 2009 | 5 comments

Two weeks ago, I got to play the pipe organ in the original Mother Church edifice in Boston. What a treat! If you are unaware, I have a pipe organ background, going back to my days at Stanford University. While

What matters most

December 3, 2009 | 3 comments

Life is so much easier when we remember that the most important gain is always spiritual. How often have you agonized, feared, fretted, and even got sick over worrying about finances, human relationships, position, status, politics or the economy because

Kids are quick

December 3, 2009 | 1 comment

Teacher’s jokes…just for fun… TEACHER: Maria, go to the map and find North America MARIA: Here it is. TEACHER: Correct. Now class, who discovered America ? CLASS: Maria. ____________________________________ TEACHER: John, why are you doing your math multiplication on the

Caring for others

December 2, 2009 | 2 comments

The world is made a much happier place by those who take time to care for others. They take time to care, not because they have to, because they’re paid to, or feel obligated to, but because they want to.