If you chuckled knowingly at the title to this post, you are likely on the older side. How do I know? Because I am on the older side. For the rest of you, this was a popular song by Morris Albert that came out in 1974 (or as one of my daughters put it, "way back in...
As of this writing, I have two of my six kids engaged to be married. I am so excited that I am going to be a grandpa someday I can hardly sit still thinking about it. One reason I can't wait for grandkids is I want to see how my kids handle the fulfillment of our...
In this post, we will finish the Goals and Achievement process by turning your Dreams into measurable Goals that you can track and see when thay are completed. If you have not read the previous posts, please go and read You Gotta Have Goals, then Dare to...
This is a progressive set of posts. If you have not read the prvious posts, please read the first one here, and the second one here. Once you have your Dream List, and you have asked the "Why" you want to Be, Do or Have the things listed, let's take a closer look at...
(If you haven't read the last post, please do so first at You Gotta Have Goals.) It's time to dream again. Do you remember when you were very young? Like 5 or 6 years old? The world was before us and anything was possible. You could Be, Do, or Have whatever your mind...
Way back in the 1970s when I was in elementary school, a common question we were asked was, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” I wanted to be an astronaut, or a doctor, or a pilot, or maybe a rock star. I became a Registered Nurse, I have about 30 hours in a...
This may shock some of the people (well, outside of my family) who know me, but...uhh...I can get mad sometimes. It isn’t like what I used to be when I was a kid. I had a very short fuse growing up. One of the stories that usually comes up when our family gets...
Relationships are a huge key to getting the things money cannot buy. Therefore, you need to build these to the best level that you can. Consequently, this will continue for the rest of your life. Because you can never stop working on improving your relationships. Here...
How many of you talk to yourself? Now don’t feel bad about saying “yes” because we all do it. What’s really weird is when people talk to inanimate objects they have no control over. “Come on baby! Hit the headpin. Hook! HOOK! Gutter?!?” The real question...
When I was quite young, around 8 or 9 years old, our family was good friends with the pastor of our church. Since my dad was also the custodian of the church, we saw our pastor Rev. Orson Evans on a regular basis. Rev. Evans liked little novelties and tricks, and one...