"The Grass is Always Greener" You've all heard that saying I'm sure.  But it's not true. You see others and their seemingly great lives and wish you could trade places.  But you rarely see below the surface.  The things they don't want you to see or to know about.  This is true

Don't ever let anyone tell you that you can't do something.  They don't know you as well as you know you. If you believe you can do it, then go do it. Let me tell you all a quick story... When I first started High School my freshman year, we had to meet

I'm not going to make a lot of comments about this one.  It pretty much speaks for itself. But Keep Running.  You'll get there. Even if you have to start out by walking or even crawling first. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWlcGCO_ztY&t=98s -

Life is always going to give you some difficult stuff to deal with from time to time.  Yours, mine, everyone's.  And some is more difficult than others.  Just depends on what day it is. Some folks I know try to avoid that aforementioned "difficult stuff" and hope it goes away.  And

Think yourself out of it. That's a big statement, and it's not always easy to do.  I myself have been having some trouble with that lately, truth be told.  But I'm working on it. But it's true.  It really is. How your life unfolds is 10% what happens to you.  And 90% how

When I was younger I always did what I thought was expected of me.  Both as a child and a young adult.  Believe it or not, I was very shy back then, and not outspoken. I did what I was told...more or less. And don't get me wrong, at this point I'm

Originally I had planned to end this series last week.  But I received an email a few days ago which changed my mind.  It was the second positive email I've received regarding this series of posts. If you can affect two lives in a positive way, it's worth it to keep

Some of you might not get that joke in the title.  That's OK. In the fall of 1982 I met a man.  He was a very amazing man. He was a good man, but also a very imperfect man.  Though at the time, at 15 years old, I didn't realize that part

Balls Of Steel And Fury  likes to say that his mantra is "Live and Let Die". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7aGAIWe3uE And while I wouldn't phrase it that way necessarily.....He's not wrong. I've often had difficulty with letting go of something or someone I cared about....which/whom I should have let go of long before I did. But I

I'm about to sound like a crazed Hippie. Don't care. I try to be kind to every stranger I meet and also with those in my life I deal with regularly.  Family, friends, etc..  Admittedly, it's sometimes a difficult thing to accomplish. Some people won't accept kindness.  They're just not built for it.