Author Archive

Jan 26
2009

Asking For Help

by in Everyday Nonsense | 2,198 views | Reading Time 3:01

Have you ever been asked for help by someone but that person really didn’t mean it? I see two distinct variations of this statement. Number one, I see people ask for help and never utilize that help. It’s almost a situation where they want it to look as if they are involving others but in […]

Jan 25
2009

Unconscious Deposit

by in Everyday Nonsense | 2,641 views | Reading Time 3:02

I was involved in a discussion about relationships that broke out at work a few days ago. The ideology of a “Love Bank” and making deposits came about while we talked about several themes from various flavors of relationship self help books. One of the main ideas is that people should focus on the things […]

Jan 22
2009

Realistic Versus Pessimistic

by in Everyday Nonsense | 2,477 views | Reading Time 2:52

I sometimes call myself a realist. I am not an eternal optimist. There are lots of times when I am an optimist, but the facts and surrounding influences must be favorable for my “walking out on a limb.” I have hope, but I temper that with my experiences of the world and my general working […]

Jan 19
2009

Day Of Change

by in Political Beefs | 2,870 views | Reading Time 2:53

The day has come that Barack Obama will officially become the President of the United States. I am so unbelievably excited that I can hardly put into words how much this day excites me. No I’m not excited about the fact that he is becoming our nation’s leader and focal point of the free world, […]

Jan 15
2009

Unfocused Focus

by in Everyday Nonsense | 2,489 views | Reading Time 2:59

Ever have a meeting about a meeting or make a plan to make a plan? Do you ever find yourself having the same conversations with people time and again going over the procedures of how to move forward but you always end up in the same position you were in before even opening your mouth? […]

Jan 12
2009

Building Pride & Ego

by in Everyday Nonsense | 12,995 views | Reading Time 3:10

We all relish the times when our personal pride bucket becomes full and overflowing… our egos grow exponentially as a result of the overwhelming fullness of ourselves. Many people fill a void in their life by focusing on growing their pride and associated ego. Some do it knowingly while others do it just because they […]

Jan 11
2009

How Many Patriots

by in Everyday Nonsense | 2,289 views | Reading Time 2:55

While enjoying a night with our family recently, we engaged into a conversation relating to the existence of true patriots within the borders of our country. The debate filtered down to this topic after initially talking about the current dire state of our economy. If our country continues down the path into a modern day […]

Jan 9
2009

Un-Accidental Accidents

by in Everyday Nonsense | 2,498 views | Reading Time 2:45

We all like to think that most of the bad things that happen to us and the world are true “accidents.” Accidents meaning that unforeseen circumstances come together in some random reality causing some drastic event to occur that should not have occurred in our normal lives… an accident… a fluke… or simply bad karma. […]

Jan 5
2009

Standard of Commitment

by in Everyday Nonsense | 2,147 views | Reading Time 2:55

For anyone who knows me, they can attest to the fact that I’m an all or nothing kind of guy. I’m either all in, or all out. Rarely do I enter into anything and not give my best effort. That is my standard of commitment… what is yours? Do you place any value upon the commitments […]

Jan 3
2009

I Compete Against

by in Everyday Nonsense | 2,407 views | Reading Time 2:50

As we begin a new year, most of the resolutions that we make involve some sense of competition. Whether that competition is against an individual, a group, or even yourself, we begin a journey that will result in either a success or failure… or tie. Remove the recent resolutions we have made, and we are […]