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 […]
Legacy, Character, and Destiny
Legacy, Character, and Destiny I’ve been thinking a great deal about legacy, character, and destiny recently. I’m sure it has nothing to do with the impending birth of our first child. In fact it probably has nothing to do with that life altering event at all. What is my legacy? The more I considered it, […]
From a Perspective of Gratitude
On Sunday, January 13, 2019, I began a gratitude journal. In my head the idea was simple, write down things everyday for which I was grateful. It didn’t matter whether it was a big thing or a little thing. A silly or a serious gratitude. I wanted to write down three things every day. […]
Do What You Must
The past few days at work, I have found myself slightly unmotivated by what needed to be done. Sometimes I do what I want to do. The rest of the time, I do what I have to. – Cicero, from Gladiator