Keep Pedaling
Following last week’s post, I realized I needed to make one clarification and add a companion concept. Another Way You may need to keep moving forward so that a single insurmountable obstacle does not jeopardize your entire endeavor. Sometimes, you need to flow like a river and navigate around obstructions. An entrepreneur told me he […]
Quit? Of Course!
In our hustle culture, they tell us never to quit on our dreams, lest we give up right before achieving success. They proclaim Winston Churchill’s famous words, “…never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty – never give in…” but omit these words said in the […]
Shamed into It?
After exposing my cluttered garage and pontificating about disposing of unused stuff, I had to act; otherwise, I wouldn’t be an authentic 52 Stepper. Even though I proclaimed the virtue of giving things to those who could use them, my immediate motivations were to show you I could do as I say, escape the yoke […]
Necessary Release
Despite our awareness that we benefit by forgiving others and ourselves, we deny ourselves by surrendering control over our forgiveness decisions. Them Often, our most significant stumbling block to forgiving others is making it contingent on the offender’s remorse; “I will not forgive him until he apologizes.” However, requiring repentance is the equivalent of asking […]
Bewilderment Continued
Send Them Back We both praise and vilify the country’s leader for doing the job our laws require. Ironically, the deportation zealots would have been better off drafting President Obama back into office. In both terms, he deported (removed and returned) more illegals than the current President did in his original term. Why didn’t President […]
I Don’t Understand
For those unaware, this type of message is an invitation to contemplate, not an assault on my dear readers. When I use “we,” I refer to a segment of or our entire society. I understand that not everyone belongs to the group I am referring to. Selective Interpretation We argue the Second Amendment right to […]
Give Them a Megaphone
Sweet Land of Liberty? In a country proclaiming freedom of speech as its preeminent 1st Amendment constitutional right, we now seek to silence voices instead of protecting them. College students protest to cancel speakers with “incorrect” viewpoints. A counter-protest is an opposing speech. A cancel protest is a suppression of speech that is worse than […]
Sticks & Stones…
…may break my bones, but words will never hurt me. Do they teach children this lesson anymore, or has it gone the way of multiplication tables? Of course, it is much easier to widely broadcast words today than when the author penned them in the mid-1800s. We are no longer limited to whispering gossip into […]
Another Revolution Complete
I made it through another trip around the sun. Yes, I am approaching (not there) that age when I am not excited about adding a digit, but I am glad to make it another year – not everyone did. Reality Setting In Just when the dad bod was coming into style and finding many devotees, […]
Not Everything of Value is Worth Doing
The Distinction Warren Buffet says, “The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say ‘no’ to almost everything.” They realize every activity carries an opportunity cost. When we say “yes” to one thing, we necessarily say “no” to another. The issue does not lie in easy choices such as reading […]