Being fully present defeats much of the overwhelm and stress in our lives, because it allows us to let our minds rest from everything else while we are engaged in what we are doing.

As I write this, we’re winding up a Caribbean cruise.  It was a great getaway, even though cellphones and computers now operate on most ships.  There was a time, not so long ago, when we could cruise away from it all, without a virtual connection back to the real world of home and business.  Not [...]

I recently spent a few weeks in China.  It wasn’t exactly a pleasure trip, but it turned out to be an incredible experience.  I learned a few things about the country, but I learned quite a lot about myself.  It took me several weeks after my return home to make the connection to the real [...]

Are you like me?  I don’t always take the time to consciously think about what I’m doing, or why I’m doing it…I just do it!  I find that I have more things to do, than I have time to do them, and I’m often concerned with just getting things done!  Sometimes I need a wake [...]

Purpose:  intended or desired result; the aim, goal, reason for which something is done or used. I may have received my first glimpse of self responsibility as a young child, when my mother looked me in the eyes and said, “I think you did that on purpose.”  Until that day, my misbehaviors had sneaked under [...]