If you are kind to someone, you may never know the effect it has. It is possible that it may have no impact whatsoever. But to be fair, one must take into consideration that it may be the exact thing needed to help another person change direction. At these turning points, which occur at a…
Be Ready for the Turn
When walking along a path, what makes a person trip is what they do not expect that lies ahead. When they lose sight of their surroundings, chances are high that they will trip. Part of losing sight is due at times to overconfidence and other times to blindly not paying attention. When we give our…
The Hard Face of Truth
People know what is good for them, they just don’t always do it. People know what is bad for them, yet they do it anyway. All we need is a strong enough reason to change our behavior. However, rather than find it, we find a dozen reasons not to change. It’s not only about finding…
Givers and Takers
We all start out with a blank slate. It is natural to take. From the moment we are conceived, we took from our father and mother. From then on, our mother supplied us with the necessary nutrition. For nine months she gives of herself. It continues even after we are born. For a long time,…
Effort in Dating
For singles living in the dating world, it should be all too familiar to put your best effort into what you are presenting to potential partners. I say should because many people do not. Dating can be one of the most exhilarating and also worst things ever, depending on which side of the pendulum you…
The Real To-Do List
Several people close to me have told me about their experience raising children. On one hand is how they can drive everyone nuts. However, before finishing the sentence they continue with how big of a blessing they are and how they wouldn’t change their life for anything. Still having none of my own, I do…
Worth
What determines the worth of a person? For the wage earner, is it the amount of earned income? For the salesperson, is it the bottom line? For the politician, is it the bills or laws they help pass? In a capitalistic society, we decide the financial worth of a person based on the value that…
Think Stronger
Sometimes the moment we wake up from sleep, it just feels like it’s going to be “one of those days”. It can be a stub of the toe or finding out you do not have anything to eat for breakfast. But there are days when it’s hard to tell exactly what is wrong, meaning we…
A Little Push
When I was a child, I got on swings all the time. It didn’t seem to matter what park I went to; each had a swing set to play on. If there was ever a list of demands for a park, on it I would expect to find swings and a basketball court. Only certain…
Learn to be Human
One could argue that we are all born human beings so that makes us human automatically. True. But it is also true that some humans act in the most inhumane ways, which is why I say we must learn to be human. There is an inner struggle between us and the better version of ourselves…