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Blog #728: Do You See Both?

"Where am I?""Where do I want to be?" Two questions honored with honest answers. ______ Do you know yours? When I sincerely assess my life with heart, mind, and time…I see two photos of myself as I look into myself. Photo #1: I see what I love about my life. It’s good...

Blog #727: The Ones That Haunt

Maybe…We screwed up big in life a couple of times. And maybe…Those moments still haunt our core. (If you relate, I wrote this blog for YOU.) ______ Brutally bad decisions come in many forms. Some majors? She totaled her car.She missed her insurance payment.She has...

Blog #726: An Email from “Dude”

Ready or not...Our 2026 adventure has begun! What will you create this year? Change?Consistency?Opportunity?Inspiration?Happiness?Harmony?Health? ______ Choose one. Or two.Or three. Or choose all seven. As you begin to ponder and plan 2026...Let me nudge your brain...

Blog #725: My 2026 Secret?

It goes by too fast. I graduated from college in 1985.It's 2026. That's 41 short years. ______ It seems... A new calendar gets tacked up more quickly the older I get. I often feel the quick movement of time. And life. That's why many of my blogs are extra direct. I...

Blog #724: My Letter to Santa

In this blog on Thursdays... I often share emails I writein response to emails I receive. But this week... I'm sharing an email I'm initiating.It's to a guy named Santa. ______ Me writing to Santa? Can we ever be too old to wish for a bit of magic in our lives? I...

Blog #723: One Last One

Over the years that I've written this blog… My heart has been pincheda few times by readers’ emails. But the email below pinchedharder than any I’ve ever received. ______ My friend Shawn, You are my friend, though we’ve never met. We’ve bonded over the years through...

Blog #722: My Race Against the Clock

Two nights ago…I was urgently racing the clock. I hadn't finished my book. ______ I had checked out an e-book from the library. It's perhaps uncommon knowledge that e-books CAN be borrowed from the public library. It's my #1 way to access books. For this book... I had...

Blog #721: The Greatest Balancing Act of All

"What do you want?" It's a seemingly easy question...Yet the answer rarely is. ______ There are two directions to go with this answer. 1. The head's answer. It whispers of the immediate, the pressing, the needed, and the crushing. "I want to get the shopping done. And...

Blog #720: This One Is For YOU

It's Thursday.It's Thanksgiving. Two reasons I'm grateful today. For YOU. ______ #1: You show up here. I'm hugely aware that in 2025's crazy information-overload climate, you have a billion ways to spend your online reading time. But you show up here on Thursdays....

Blog #719: Yelling Screaming Shouting

How do I keep going through disappointment? (Read on.) ______ A reader’s question… I have paid lots of money to attend too many failed motivational seminars and read too many books that were supposed to change my life. Most got me nowhere but more debt. Success is not...
#501: Worms and Beer Bottles

#501: Worms and Beer Bottles

Finding purpose. It's easy to overthink it.It doesn't have to be complicated. Feeling unmotivated to get out of bed?Feeling directionless with work or retirement?Want to connect with something bigger...just not sure what bigger is? TWO thoughts. 1. Get up.2. Go...

#500: Comedy. Mystery. And the Absurd.

#500: Comedy. Mystery. And the Absurd.

When I'm in Southern California...I own box seats in an amazing arena. I use them twice a day. The seats are not available to see a Dodger's or Angel's baseball game.Nor do I have to go all "suit and tie" dressed up to sit in them. But every time I use them, the show...

#499: Umbrellas, Rainbows…and Terri

#499: Umbrellas, Rainbows…and Terri

For a while...my Monday seemed perfect. It was a rare day in accomplishing everything on my To Do list. I did some writing. I created opportunities to support others. I did my "hard-to-get-motivated-to-do" floor exercises. My body felt strong after a late 30-minute...

#498: One Purple Toenail Later

#498: One Purple Toenail Later

It was only 60 days agothat I decided to DO it. Now it's over. Calendars and clocks move unbelievably fast. On June 29, I made the decision to walk across Spain.On June 30, I booked a non-refundable ticket to Oviedo.On July 1-5, I mapped out a walking route and booked...

#497: Spanking, Snickering…OMG!

#497: Spanking, Snickering…OMG!

The laughing outside my hotel room woke me up. I looked at my watch laying on the nightstand. It was 1:05 a.m. In the wing of the Madrid hotel I was staying, there were only two rooms... isolated from the rest of the hotel by a big, heavy door...and now the guests of...

#496: Talking To My Feet

#496: Talking To My Feet

"Thank you!" That's what I'm whisperin' as I look at my tired feet.They've carried me 183 crazy-hard miles. And now... I only have 12 easy miles left before reaching my final destination in Santiago, Spain...the famous Catedral de Santiago de Compostela. I'm through...

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