A Curious Boy
In 1925, one year before he entered school, Isaac Asimov taught himself to read. His father, uneducated and thus unable to support his son, gave him a library card. Without any direction, the curious boy read everything. “All this incredibly miscellaneous reading, the result of lack of guidance, left its indelible mark. My interest was […]
So what’s in a color?
And here’s why: Green is a combination of the colors yellow and blue, each of which brings its own unique energy to the overall feeling of the color green. Blue exudes calm and peace. Yellow radiates liveliness and high levels of energy. As a marriage between these two very different colors, green is a unifier […]
Be more like a tree..?
Monday is Earth Day! Thoughts of Mother Nature are appropriate! Being more like a tree means… Reaching for the sky and rooting down deep. And the deepest roots reported depth is 400 feet by a Wild Fig tree at Echo Caves in South Africa. On the other hand, there are those tall redwoods… And having […]
What can’t you see?
Ever watch a robin in your backyard suddenly dive into the grass and pull an earthworm out (that you didn’t see)? Did you know that earthworms are incredibly abundant in the soil? It is estimated that there are between 250,000 and 1,750,000 earthworms per acre! In fact, the weight of the earthworms beneath a farmer’s […]
10 fun puns!
She was only a whiskey maker, but he loved her still. A hole has been found in the nudist camp wall. The police are looking into it. The soldier who survived mustard gas and pepper spray is now a seasoned veteran. When cannibals ate a missionary, they got a taste […]
Focus on your focus!
If there’s one key thing to focus on in order to be happier, healthier, more successful and to achieve greater peace of mind, it would be…FOCUS. When our minds are wandering in and out of all the possible outcomes of a given situation, we need to stop and ask ourselves: Are we focused on all […]
a hack to empower ourselves…
The next time insecurity rears its ugly head, instead of being paralyzed by it, we can use that very feeling as the trigger to tack on the word yet. This word will make all the difference in our lives. It takes things from the world of the perpetual and permanent to the world of temporary and […]
Are you intelligent or wise?
So which are you: intelligent or wise? Here’s some thoughts for you to ponder! An intelligent person knows what is being said…a wise person understands what is left unsaid. Intelligence is holding on…wisdom is letting go. An intelligent person thinks he knows everything…a wise person knows that there is still something to learn. An intelligent […]
Which son are you?
A certain farmer had become old and ready to pass his farm down to one of his two sons. When he brought them together to speak about it, he said, “The farm will go to my younger son.” The older son was furious! “What are you talking about?!” he fumed. The father sat patiently, thinking. “”Okay,” […]
It’s simple AND hard…
Many things are both simple and hard! This dichotomy of “simple” and “hard” exists with many of the most common things that we want to do to improve ourselves. We humans are predisposed to favor the short term over the long term. Our modern life surrounds us with seemingly infinite temptation that is more easily […]