Category: Perspective
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Standing In The Midst Of
As I waltzed into the UPS Store, there was a certain glee to my step and a grin to my face as after many months of long eBay toiling, it had finally sold. The “it” here is a certain fine china set gifted to me by a very generous friend as a house warming present. …
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The Head vs The Heart
Author’s note: Though I wrote this piece back in 2010, and much has changed with me since then, I think the main idea I addressed still has relevance today and hence I thought it worth sharing. “Jeremy” Laurece began tenderly, her serene, rich voice filling the air around me. “The longest distance in the world is…
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How Much Does It Really Weigh?
Today, April 17th, 2017, is the deadline for everyone’s favorite annual activity: filing federal income taxes. This year was a little different than normal for me as after my first pass through my taxes, I took an additional 10 hours to read through tax law concerning deductions and credits looking for anything I may be able to take…
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Upping Your Batting Average
When shopping for clothes, nothing gets me quite as excited as getting something I like at a great deal. So when an email from the retailer American Eagle showed up in my inbox stating that the long sleeve flex thermals I like were now in clearance and 60% off, my bargain-hunting brain did a little…
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Puttings Things Into Motion
Without a doubt, there is no question that I am most definitely, most assuredly, a nerd. A quick glance around my room and one would find it littered with books of every kind imaginable from things like classic fiction, to spiritual growth, to cat behavioral management. One of my favorite categories of nerdom is physics,…
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One
This election, perhaps more than any election in recent years, has drawn to the surface unparalleled levels of divisiveness. Social media are often merely containers for vitriol as it is commonplace to see statements like “If you vote for ______ then you’re (insert your favorite derisive adjectives)”. Even among my brothers and sisters in Christ,…
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Positively Charged
While public speaking continues to remain the #1 fear in America, I am one of those strange people that actually enjoys it. When an opportunity presents itself to do some kind of public speaking, I get excited rather than anxious. In fact, I enjoy public speaking so much, I take time off of work so…
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Something is Going to Die
“And the Lord sent Nathan to David. He came to him and said to him,“There were two men in a certain city, the one rich and the other poor. The rich man had very many flocks and herds, but the poor man had nothing but one little ewe lamb, which he had bought. And he brought…
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A Matter of Perspective
For many, the battle lines have been drawn. The political beliefs that are deemed “right” or “good” seem very clear and anything that doesn’t agree with them needs to be opposed. Many social media sites are no longer friendly places to stay involved in the lives of friends and family, but rather, have become battlegrounds.…
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A Penny for your Thoughts
Recently, I went shopping. The great thing about shopping post Christmas is that it is often a rather lovely array of extreme-clearance-money-saving bonanzas. Discount are piled on top of discounts so that once you’ve got 50% off an item that’s already 60% off where you also get buy one get one free, it practically feels…
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