I worry about people who pin their emotions to weather patterns.
Weather can impact our feelings, but we’re asking for trouble if we let it drive our emotions and outlook to the extreme.
What else is askew if the rain, snow, or sun dictates our mood?
More on this tomorrow…
I often have conversations with friends that begin, “I just read this interesting article” or “In this podcast I was listening to…” The world is big and interesting. Consider this digest and those to follow as my online repository for those conversations. Now those chance conversation topics live on. Here is what I’ve been reading,…
We love watching people do things well. High level performance of just about any kind is captivating. Doesn’t matter if you know much about what you’re seeing or not. I watched Olympic curling in person. Really, curling. I have no idea what they’re doing, but it was amazing! All that sweeping and sliding. I loved…
It has been quite a month of June and we are only to the 13th. Quite a spring, really. I have written various messages in my head and in notebooks and not quite figured out what I wanted to share, what warranted sharing with you or would be of any benefit. I wrote this last…
We can observe the character of our impact on the world around us in the sort of people who come to us for guidance or direction.
Many things happened Friday. Specifically last Friday June 26th, 2015. For starters, a girl named Hollie thanked me for teaching her that morning at swim camp. She thanked me several times actually. Hollie is maybe the most courteous young person I have ever coached. I don’t mean the kind of rote and robotic courtesy you…
“What you doin’?” That’s how Jakey begins many a line of inquiry. He shortens words like doing so he has an adorable, manly tone like a tiny Joey Tribbiani from Friends. “What’s doggie doin’?” “What Mr. Beachwood doin’?” Traffic was crazy this morning. I had to take the right turn onto Terwilliger and circle around…
