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“There was a very cautious man
Who never risked, or tried.
He never hoped, he never failed;
He never laughed or cried.
And when he one day passed away,
His insurance was denied
For since he never really lived
They claim he never died!”
When I saw this poem on Rich Vosler’s blog recently, I reflected on what we mean by living? It’s clear that [...]
Everybody is Looking for Something
Eurythmics Lyrics
In the Eurythmics song “Sweet Dreams” we get a very dim view of what many people are looking for.
If what you are looking for is happiness within, you don’t fit into the categories the Eurythmics pose, but you do need to be aware of them.
At first you may not recognize these folks since they wear so many [...]
Am I Lucky?
“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.”
Seneca the Younger
When I received my doctorate, many friends and family congratulated me. One neighbor, however, said “Boy, are you lucky!”
Lucky? I couldn’t believe what I was hearing, especially since he was my neighbor.
How did he miss seeing that we went from two cars to one?
How did he [...]
Do You Live in Your Home?
Remember the commercial where the family was about to eat dinner and the father says, “So this is the dining room?”
It was funny because so many of us could relate to it.
It’s true that homeowners tend to favor one room over another. Like the dining room, the living room seems to be used only a [...]
How Would You Handle Sudden Wealth?
“Fortune does not change men, it unmasks them.” Suzanne Necker 1739-1794
“If I won the lottery I would buy new computers for the Reading Lab,” said one of my coworkers at Fullerton College.
“Not me,” responded another coworker. “I’d quit the next day and start partying.”
Most of us have imagined how winning the lottery would [...]
