Four thoughts for graduates: 1. Life is more like music than a journey. You’re supposed to sing or dance, not get to some finish line. Alan Watts sums of the meaning of life quite nicely here: “It is good to have an end to journey toward, but it is the journey that matters in the […]
Mary Oliver’s poems often provide a good kick in the pants. Love this one: WEST WIND #2 By Mary Oliver You are young. So you know everything. You leap into the boat and begin rowing. But listen to me. Without fanfare, without embarrassment, without any doubt, I talk directly to your soul. Listen to me. Lift the oars from […]
The campus minister at our church asked four fathers to write letters to their children and read them on Father’s Day during the morning worship service. He gave each father a different theme. He asked me to write about my desire for my girls to have a life of joy and meaning. Here’s the letter […]
Three years ago I read David Allen’s Getting Things Done and started applying it to my life. I used to take pride in my messy desk and my ability to (usually) find what I needed from the stacks of paper scattered about. Inspired by GTD, Merlin Mann’s 43 Folders, and Leo Babauta’s Zen Habits, I […]
The NCAA basketball championship is Monday night and, appropriately, TED.com recently posted a 2001 TED Talk by legendary UCLA basketball coach John Wooden. It’s appropriate because Wooden was the most successful NCAA tournament coach ever, winning ten national titles in twelve years. I’ve been a fan of Coach Wooden for a long time, though I […]
Yesterday the Rome New-Tribune published an article my sister wrote about my parents’ business closing. She echoes many of the thoughts I expressed in my previous post. I’m sure my dad is getting a lot of calls from old friends and clients after this article appeared in the Sunday paper. (The photo of my parents […]
My dad has decided to close his photography studio after more than 30 years in business. He and my mom started PhotoVision in 1975 and ended up having a remarkably successful small business. But it was more than just a business. My dad once told me that his primary motivation in creating his own business was […]
