I was thinking of a moment that seemed to have no other options. I was in a room “as they say” with no doors to the outside. Of course, I say this figuratively. I was at a place with no attractive resources. I came to a place where there was no exit, or at least,...

To be honest, the idea of change was unthinkable to me. I say this before going forward but I say this with a purpose. I say this because I had lived a certain way for such a long time and to me, living any other way seemed impossible. I lacked the energy to change. I...

There was a time when I would take a trip up to the roof of the building at work. I was high up and above the streets down on Lexington Avenue. I would face the east and look up and down the Eastside of Manhattan, New York City. I would allow myself to absorb the...

There was someone who told me, “Kid, the only way ‘To it’ is through it.” What this person really meant is in the case of finding our way or having the life we want to live, there is no easier or softer way. And by the way, the idea of finding an easier, softer way is...

There really is no reason for us to fight or argue. And yet, we do. We argue about everything. We argue about politics. We argue about prices. We argue about the difference between sauce or gravy. Come to think of it, I have seen people literally get upset about the...

How amazing it is to think and read or to learn about a person so inspiring and that because of them, we chose to do or we chose to dare. It is amazing to me that we have the ability to affect and inspire. We can spark desire or act as the catalyst of change. I am in...

In the end, there is really only one question. There’s only one idea that comes with life. And this comes down to a decision. The question is what do you want? The idea is what do you have to do to make this so? The questions are actually simple. The answers are...

I don’t know if it’s the same for kids today. Is it? Do they want to be firefighters or astronauts anymore. I suppose my question is do they pretend the way we used to?It is currently snowing in my part of the hemisphere. As I write this to you, the sky is in the...

We used to have to work for things. And I know this gets old. I know this is no different from when I was a kid and my Old Man would say things that began with, “When I was your age,” but either way, it’s true. We used to have to work for things. Nothing was this...

This thought is written to provide a guided meditation. The script is to be read and then mastered by yourself. But first, you have to see it . . .It’s daybreak and the sun is a bright orange yolk about to break the horizon. It’s a new day now. Everything that has...