How We Treat People
Back in the early 1990’s I worked as waiter for Pappasito’s, a Tex-Mex restaurant in Austin, Texas. It was after I graduated from Baylor with a degree in Philosophy, with not a clue as to what I wanted to do with my life. Kind of ironic that I got the very degree which keeps asking [...]
Continue reading...17. December 2007
Using Trauma and Challenges as Positive Catalysts to a Happier Life
resilient |riˈzilyənt| (of a substance or object) able to recoil or spring back into shape after bending, stretching, or being compressed. (of a person or animal) able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions Some time ago, I met a woman* who shared with me her life story. She grew up very poor and was working [...]
Continue reading...12. December 2007
The Role of Self-Importance in the Pursuer-Distancer Relationship
self-im·por·tance (sělf’ĭm-pôr’tns) n. Excessively high regard for one’s own importance or station; conceit. Years ago, I met a woman who was always “so busy.” It didn’t matter what time of the day, month or year - she was always really busy. In fact, it was difficult to imagine just how “busy” her life was considering [...]
Continue reading...9. December 2007
How to Control Your Life Instead of It Controlling You - Part 2
Rock bottom is good solid ground, and a dead end street is just a place to turn around. ~Buddy Buie and J.R. Cobb, “Rock Bottom” (song) In Part 1, I asked the readers to think about several questions: “Am I controlling my life or is my life controlling me?” “Do I want to steer my way through life [...]
Continue reading...31. January 2008
My Last Post: Why I’m Retiring From Blogging
My Dearest Readers: After giving it much thought, I have decided to retire from blogging. This is my final post. The decision to walk away is not something that I take lightly, but one in which I have tried to look at carefully. Ultimately, the choice was actually a simple one because I’m finally realizing that [...]
Continue reading...24. January 2008
A Moment in Time When I Felt “Big”
Lorelle on WordPress posted a blog challenge: Write About a Moment When You Felt “Big” (with big defined as successful). The truth is I’ve never felt “big” (successful) but I have felt “big” (validated). Perhaps one of my proudest moments professionally was when I conducted a School Crisis Response training for the school staff and community [...]
Continue reading...21. January 2008
Life Was Simpler Back Then
I spent the weekend at a friend’s house. My wife and I decided to spend some time with her and her fiancé in her hometown not too far from Dallas. We had some good, old fashioned Vietnamese pho (rice noodles) and throughout the weekend talked with her mom about what life was like growing up [...]
Continue reading...14. January 2008
How Music Moves Us
Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. —Berthold Auerbach In late fall of 1997, while living and going to school in Tyler, Texas (a beautiful East Texas town), I had one song that I played over and over in the evening time after dinner. That song was Leann Rimes’ “You Light Up My [...]
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26. January 2008
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