31 Days of Real Life: Ditch the Persecution Complex
I begin some mornings by finishing the previous day’s work: emptying or filling the dishwasher; sponging the counters; clearing the dining room table; cleaning the stove. It feels good to start the day fresh. This morning the pie holders, pans, bowls, and spoons...
31 Days of Real Life: Rockin’ Red Rooster (Wordless Wednesday)
(If I write in parenthesis am I not really being less-than-wordless on Wordless Wednesday? This is real life: stalking a rooster who’s protecting his hen and giving me the evil eye every time my shutter clicks just to get the shot. Two days in a row. Look at how...
31 Days of Real Life: Conformity Versus Conviction Today at (in)courage
Behavior driven by conformity is the exact opposite of conviction-driven behavior. Conformity says, “I’m acting this way because of external pressure. This is what you expect or demand of me, but I don’t necessarily believe in it or give it freely.” Conviction-driven...
31 Days of Real Life: Easy Like Sunday Morning (NOT)
When Lionel Richie sang “Easy like Sunday morning,” he obviously wasn’t referring to a typical family getting ready for church. Not ours, at least. Misplaced clothing, lost shoes, sleepy-headed stragglers, flaring tempers: all this and more fight...
