helping in adversity: learning from some unlikely candidates

the book of Job isn’t exactly light weekend reading, so you may want to wait to dive into it until oh say, tuesday. or never. there are others like me who (sortakindamaybe) avoid reading this book, particularly in the midst…

I view this as the same as accepting the pronoun change for someone who is transgender. You knew them one way, and now you make the change with them to the new pronoun.

I know it can be tough but here is my expanded assessment.

BETTER

Better than yesterday, that’s what I am, better than you? Well it depends on who fills you’s shoes. All men are born equal? that’s the sacrosanct lie of the pacifist’s bleeding heart. “All men should be equal…” is the plea from the not so distant idealist. “The weak die and the strong survive” is the assertion of…

How Can We Re-Define Success?

Maybe it is because my net worth, from a dollar perspective, is meager at best but I am over how our society equates dollars with success. This has become magnified over the last few months as a product of the Presidential election process. Is my legacy, is our legacy…

Compassion is the new fro-yo

Lately I’ve been hit with this fact: everyone has problems.

I should get a medal for discovering new things.

But really, there’s a reason this is in my brain. See, everyone has issues that are real and need attention. They’re…

It really isn’t that funny…

“Laughter is the best medicine.” “You need to be able to laugh at yourself.” “Lighten up and laugh a bit.” “Live, Laugh, Love.” “If I didn’t laugh I would cry.”

All those sound like great sound bites. All of those seem harmless, even to the point of…