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...

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...