Who changed?
Our images of Mother… 4 years old: My Mommy can do anything! 8 years old: My Mom knows a lot! A whole lot! 12 years old: My Mother doesn’t really know quite everyhing. 14 years old: Naturally, Mother doesn’t know that, either. 16 years old: Mother? She’s hopelessly old-fashioned. 18 years old: That old woman? She’s […]
Another lottery ticket?
Why do folks buy lottery tickets? It’s certainly not based on any rational analysis of financial risk or reward. So, why do something that almost never seems to work? Because it actually works every single time. What it does is release a hit of dopamine, first when we think about buying one, then again when we decide […]
Puns are fun!
The bane of my eccentric family was my dad’s and my son’s predilection for puns and, of course, that meant our family gatherings were filled with laughter and groans! And after the fun of writing last week’s post on books and reading I just can’t resist sharing some related puns with you. After all, my history […]
It’s hard for me to believe, but…
It’s hard for me to believe, but… there are people who don’t read, who don’t like to read! Back in 2014 I wrote a blog post, “Calling all Bookworms” and I still hate the statistics that I shared then and again in 2015. I looked them up again…and have updated them here. As a former […]
The miraculous egg
Think eggs are fragile? Take a raw egg from the frig, hold it squarely in your palm and close your fingers around it. Now, try to break it! Squeeze it as hard as you can. I tried, even though I was tentative at first, fearing the mess it would make if I really applied pressure! […]
Don’t blame the lettuce!
When you plant lettuce, don’t blame the lettuce if it doesn’t grow well! Look into the reasons why it is not doing well! Maybe it needs fertilizer, or more water, or less sun. You don’t blame the lettuce! (The well-known spiritual leader, Thich Nhat Hanh is credited with this lesson!) Yet when we have problems […]
Life is like baseball…
Baseball anyone? I’m so glad that life is not a spelling bee where no matter how many words you have gotten right, if you make one mistake you are disqualified! Life is more like a baseball season, where even the best team loses a third of its games. Our goal is not to go all year […]
What’s MOLO?
Want to work less and get more done? The MOLO principle is simple, though maybe not easy! MOLO=More Of, Less Of It’s an impactful lifestyle design idea. To use it, take out a sheet of paper and draw a line down the middle. On one side, write “More Of” and the other side write “Less Of.” […]
Thankful for the fleas?
In her book, The Hiding Place, Corrie Ten Boom tells of a time she discovered that God was working even in the most horrific circumstances. Corrie and her sister Betsie had been imprisoned by the Nazis for hiding Jews. In the midst of their suffering, the women prisoners found comfort in the secret Bible studies they […]
Is the dark unappreciated?
Dark is just not appreciated enough! Light and dark clothes? We don’t fear the “dark” when sorting the laundry! Dark is not bad! In Genesis, the author informs us that creation was balanced with both the dark and the light. And…once the balance had occurred, there was order and… they both were called “good.” We, however, often attach […]