Life Lessons Articles

Brandi was a good dog.  Nope, Brandi wasn’t a good dog; she was a great dog.  The kind of dog that would put her head on your lap when you were working at the computer.  That would immediately snuggle up to you if you laid on the floor.  That took any bit of food so […]

As a motivational speaker, I’m either out speaking or in my home office here in North Carolina.  Since the hurricane starting heading this way (and the Weather Channel started freaking me out!), I’ve been constantly distracted.  What is the storm doing now?  What will it be doing? What might it do?  When might it do […]

If you had asked me if I was a citizen of Procrasta, I would have protested loudly.  I tend to be results driven – if anything, too prone to action.  But two recent events have led me to believe, that I am indeed a member of the Procrasta Nation. One was the updating of my […]

In his book, The Life of Greece, Will Durant refers to “minds that have been filled and sharpened by a free and varied life.”  I think if we allow our lives to become static, our minds will dull.  There are many ways to avoid this – reading, meeting new people, engaging in new experiences.  My […]

An amazing event is going to happen minutes, maybe hours from you.  It hasn’t been this easy to get to in 100 years.  The universe is bringing an experience people describe as life-changing, as confirming their belief in God.  An experience that is said to bring grown men to tears. But you don’t go. You […]