November 11, 2008. That's the date I sent my first blog. ______ My first one. It was anxiety-rich to write. It was terrifying to send. "What will people think of me when they read it?" I got lucky with myself. I hit "send." ______ The first time is hard. The first...

"Can I give ya' a tip?" The line was humorously repeatedthroughout a play I recently saw. Pickleball. Every player wanted to give another player a tip.No other player really wanted to hear one. ______ Giving advice. A lot of us are pros. If someone asks us any one of...

Does this week's blog have something in it for you?Here's a test question to learn the answer. "Did you wake up thinking and feelinglike you wanted to think and feel?" If you didn't...It does. ______ This morning... I didn't pop out of bed feeling any sort of positive...

In the early evenings...I’ve sat in my backyard 1,000 times. But while sitting there last night...I’ve never seen what I saw. ______ It’s my norm. At dusk, when I’m home in northern California in the summer… I end the day sitting in my backyard. I sip on a favorite...

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...