There can often be a considerable gap between what we understand to be the truth and what we are being told is the truth. Understanding is based on experience and commonsense. Combined, the two give us clarity and perception. Outside of the surety that provides us, however, sit those who work hard to convince us … Continue reading The Pursuit Of Truth →

Everyone battles with unresolved issues...the unfinished business we carry from our past into our present. Apart from the weight of those issues we struggle with guilt and guilt can result in remorse and regret. The truth is that there will always be relationships and situations where we could have done more at the time. Or … Continue reading The Time Of Our Lives →

There's a reason for being just as there's a meaning in being. Life is very much about the pursuit of the definition of existence. Like it or not, we are all part of something that is bigger than the individual...there's family, community, society...so many things that connect us to others. A problem with connection is … Continue reading The Human And Being →

It's no accident that we are the type of person we have grown to be. The problem is that reasons are easier to find than explanations. Reasons can be quickly dismissed but explanations require self-examination. Reasons are linked with blame. We are what we are and the way we are because of incidents and situations … Continue reading The Inside Out →

What we desire can often fall short of what we have just as where we are is not necessarily where we want to be. The point we tend to miss is that today is not yesterday and neither is it tomorrow. Today is unique and we can either accept it or reject it. We have … Continue reading A Second’s Choice →

We all have a place and we all have a purpose. And we all have a need to be seen and heard. The problem is that society has a way of ignoring many needs and wants. Gaps open between the necessary and the available and people fall through the cracks. As individuals knowing what is … Continue reading Seen, Heard and Noted →

It's not always what is said that is important. Often it's what other people hear that is being said that counts. Certainly that is of upmost importance to the person doing the listening. Intent and impact can sit at opposite ends of of the conversation spectrum. And while passion and meaning can have a connection … Continue reading Armed And Ready →

Life is full of surprises and not every surprise is pleasant. A surprise is always something unexpected. And it is something specific. Some shock while others amuse. The most difficult aspect is that there is no way to prepare for something that is unexpected. Even when we strive to be vigilant and aware there will … Continue reading Surprise, Surprise, Surprise →

Not everything is possible. Some things were not meant to be. There are circumstances and situations over which we have varying degrees of control. There are others that are completely out of our reach. But there is something that needs to be kept in mind. Impossibility or the art of the never can be guaranteed … Continue reading Belief In The Possible →

What we think is one thing but what we do is everything. The very best of intentions amount to little if not followed by action. The world knows us by what we do not by what we think. What that means in the long term is accepting and facing challenges. It means taking what is … Continue reading Seeing Is Believing →