Days of Our Lives

I am fascinated by how people spend their time. The short answer is, “sleeping, working and watching TV.” A blog for Discovery Magazine (8/17/2009) says that we spend 8 hours, 36 minutes a day sleeping, 3 hours and 25 minutes working, 2 hours and 46...

Headlines Can’t Hurt

I was scanning a few news internet sites the other day and I was astounded by what I saw. Here are a few of the headlines, FOR THAT ONE DAY : “Iran Nuke Reactor Ready In August,” “Foreclosure Rates Surge, Biggest Jump in 5 Years,” “Large...

The Value of Competition

Today is one of my favorite days on my annual sports calendar. This afternoon, the brackets came out for the national college basketball tournament, known as “The Dance”. As I watched the announcements of which team is “in” and which teams are...

Never too Young to Start Caring

The Most Inspiring Person of 2009 (declared by Beliefnet.com) is a 12 year old young man from Tampa, Florida named Zach Bonner. “He was nominated for living his conviction that no one is ever too young to change the world. He was selected for his compassionate,...

Comparing Ourselves

Everyone wants to be the best at something, or at least we want to be SEEN as the best at something. Truth be known, most of us want to be at the top of the heap in just about everything. To help substantiate that effort, we tend to compare ourselves to others. But we...

Phobias

I don’t like flying, but I do it all the time. Tight spaces will get my attention. I’m not fond of heights, but last weekend I stayed in a hotel’s corner room on the 27th floor. Admittedly, I hugged the inside walls, but I did stay there. Most of us...