How much are you willing to pay for that diploma from an MIT or a Harvard? They certainly cost plenty and people are willing to go to some extremes to get, but is the price of the knowledge worth it? As a young man, I assumed the diploma was somehow more valuable if it came […]
Lessons Learned from Lily the Barista
Lily the Barista is one of my favorite people. And I’ve never met her. I first learned about Lily from a post on goalcast.com. In the post, Ryan Estis recounts his chance meeting with Lily in the Minneapolis Airport on Christmas Eve. Lily is a Barista at the Airport Starbucks. It’s worth repeating, Lily is […]
Do You Believe in Hate?
So often today, we see nothing but the negative things in life. We are becoming conditioned to think the world is a hateful place full of selfish people who just want what they believe they are entitled to have. If you believe in evil, you must believe in good. Turning on the television news and […]
Time and Neglect Kills Everything.
What happens when you neglect something you own? Eventually, that neglected thing falls into disrepair and becomes useless. Now image that you choose to neglect your fears, your anger, your hate. Those feelings, like the unused BBQ sitting in your backyard, will become junk. Unusable junk, that just needs to get tossed to the curb. […]
Someday Soon
I want a slower paced life because, after trial and error, I have found that is the life that suits me best.
Fire and Rain
This has been one of my favorite James Taylor Songs for quite sometime. After listening to the haunting lyrics during a September 11 discussion, I decided to look up the meaning of the lyrics. It’s a sad mournful song full of melancholy. The first line: “Just yesterday morning they let me know you were gone […]