good vibrations

I mentioned the other day that my wife did a triathlon recently. It was really cool to be there and see her, see all the other athletes, see their families and friends. I tried to practice some of what I preach, I did my best to be genuinely interested in each person I saw and […]

a little guilt’s good for you, but this is ridiculous

Ah, here is one that I’ll be working on for a while. Forever, maybe. The Big One: Guilt. The Dalai Lama says this: ‘Guilt, as experienced in Western culture, is connected with hopelessness and discouragement and is past-oriented. Genuine remorse, however, is a healthy state of mind – it is future-oriented, connected with hope, and […]

I want to believe

Found this today. I know, in my heart, that it is true. You have to get hurt. That’s how you learn. The strongest people out there, the ones who laugh the hardest with a genuine smile; those are the people who have fought the toughest battles because they’ve decided that they’re not going to let […]