Photo Credit: AI Powered by Dall E 3 “Did you know that if you put 100 black ants and 100 red ants in a jar, nothing will happen? But if you shake the jar hard, the ants start killing each other. The red ants consider the black ants their enemies, and the black ants …
Visiting The Mayo Clinic
The Mayo Clinic rises from the Minnesota Prarie like a flower in a vacant parking lot. Rochester residents wouldn’t appreciate that description, but what’s more unlikely than the world’s top medical center sprouting from a windswept prairie? One doesn’t go to the Mayo Clinic to treat a sniffle. Pilgrims sojourn to this medical Meca in …
The Hubris of Certainty
I have many flaws. Fortunately, closed-mindedness is not among them. I’m allergic to rigid, dogmatic thinking in all its flavors, but that wasn’t always the case. Being open-minded has drawbacks. I have difficulty forming strong opinions because I can easily see valid arguments for the other side. Thank goodness I’m not teaching college. I would …
The Eclipse
I didn’t witness this week’s eclipse; this story is about another totality. On August 21st, 2017, a total solar eclipse occurred in my hometown of Kirkwood, Mo., a suburb of St. Louis. Our son desperately wanted to see it. I was less enthused about making an 18-hour round-trip drive for something scheduled to last 90 …
Rules To Live By
I’ve kept a personal journal for nearly half of my life. My journal is a repository for meaningful things I read or think about. Many of the entries find their way into my Sunday blog posts. I was reading my journal recently, and scattered throughout the pages were rules for living I collected over the …
The Relevance of Spirit
Today is Easter, a religious holiday for Christians worldwide. The Spirit of God is critical to the lives of all believers. But what about those who don’t believe in God? Is Spirit relevant to their lives? That is the question I address in this week’s post. —————————————————————— It could be said that life is simply …
The Pursuit Of Truth and Other Mind Games
As a society, we appear to be losing our mooring for truth. Everyone seems to have their own version, and each viewpoint has its own “fact checkers.” How did we get to such a point? If you will, follow along with me on a thought experiment. What if we awoke tomorrow and found we had …
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Be Stronger Than You Need To Be. (Revisited)
Note: I wrote a post by the same title six months ago. A lapse of memory enables one to experience each day anew! ------------------------------------------------ “Always be stronger than you need to be. Leave room for the unexpected.” -James Clear I’ve always been a Lance Armstrong fan. Sure, he doped and was a complete jerk, …
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Where Are We Headed?
It’s a blessing that we haven’t a clue. We like to think of life as an arrow in flight. We know where we’ve been, which presumably points toward where we are going. The problem is that’s usually wrong. The future doesn’t come from the past, and we forget to read the fine print. "Past performance …
The Sunday Rule
Perhaps you are considering a winter vacation, maybe an escape from ice and snow or winter gloom to a glorious spot in the sun. Prior to retirement, most of my vacations were the one-week variety. They played out as follows: Saturday/Sunday: Pack up and leave; arrive, unpack, and settle in. Monday/Tuesday: Bask in the glory …
Towards A Life Well-Lived 