In times of trouble, how do we manufacture hope and optimism? If there were no nuance, would we have despair? How would we know the difference between normal and not normal? Happy vs sad? How would we know the pleasures without the pain? How would we know a good...
Airbrushing life isn’t possible. Despite the postings on Facebook, everyone isn’t happy and on vacation in the place you wish you were right now. Remember the adage “don’t judge a book by it’s cover?” I might modify it for social media to say – “Don’t judge the...
It would be great if all our superpowers were obvious. Super strength, flying, able to change size or super speed. Everyone would know of our awesomeness just by looking at us and our fancy super suits. Most of the real superpowers are the kind not that easily seen,...
A boxer will throw a lot of jabs before they ever get a cross in. They know that the jabs themselves aren’t going to win the fight but serve to lay the groundwork for the knock-out punch that’s coming. Jab-Jap-Cross. Soften them up them, then deliver in the big...
Turn off the phone. Go outside. Look around. See what is there. Do something with your hands, with your body. Make something, work in the garden. Cook dinner. Living in the past and worrying about the future can take you away from the here and now. Find a...
Practice makes perfect should be amended to say practice makes better. Perfect is too high a standard for anyone to really want to make the effort. Malcolm Gladwell is often quoted as saying it takes 10,000 hours to master a new subject - it turns out that focused...