For some... It seems as if it's extra easy to go there. The stressing.The whining.The complaining.The negativity. ______ But I wonder... For those who so easily find something to complain and stress about... Is it legitimate, or are they self-programmed to stress...

This week... I'm time-traveling.I'm heading back 44 years. ______ In the third month of my sophomore year in high school... My family relocated to California from Nevada. Discouragingly, I left behind every friend I had ever known growing up and attending school. It...

I didn't know.Often, we don't. ______ Dear Shawn, I'm not a subscriber to your blog, but for the last 3 years, every Thursday, my Mom has read it to me. It became our Thursday thing. When she called, I would regularly answer, "Hello, Mom. Tell me what Shawn wrote...

Disappointment. I’ll never get used to its sting. ______ As I write this… I’m in Ketchikan, Alaska. My flight over the Alaskan fjords was just cancelled because of the weather. A few days ago, I was in Sitka. I went on a bear adventure. We saw none. The biggest...

“This is the best day of my life.” I think and feel the words. OFTEN. ______ An accountable number of times known only to the Gods… I have gratefully and authentically lived the best day of my life. How lucky am I? Or is it really…luck? ______ So right now… I am again...

Recently... I spent a moment with a scientist.Then a philosopher.And then a fortune teller. The guy was all three. ______ And he was only in 3rd grade. Uh, huh. Here's the story. The young guy was swimming back and forth in the giant Jacuzzi under the careful eye of a...