A World Without Hate

Let’s delve into the delicate topic of hate. This topic was suggested to me by a family member who was observing some mean bevaior after their sports team had lost. It’s one thing to joke around compassionately with friends but it a completely other thing to take joy...

A New Years Post

Happy New Years! 2020 is going to be an incredible decade with lots of change for the better. With New Year’s comes the cliché of “New Year, New You” and there’s nothing wrong with that. We’re constantly reinventing ourselves, growing; “If you’re not growing, you’re...

Push Through Resistance and Choose Happiness

I’m in a good mood but I am feeling a little down today. Honestly, I have no clue as to why? Truthfully, it’s something that I struggle with from time to time with no real reason. I may be having a challenging day but be in a great mood or I may be having a great day...

Give a Piece of your Heart

 A famous U.S. President is known to have said, “I cannot tell a lie…” There’s more to the story but that president was George Washington, the very first president of the United States of America. In light of that, I cannot tell a lie. I am working on being blatantly...

Togetherness

I know this is a bit late but I hope that everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving and holiday weekend. Thanksgiving really brings everyone together which we can easily see by it being the busiest travel time of the year. Sadly, we weren’t able to head north to be with...

Communication for a Better World

If you follow the Facebook page, you will have seen that I was recently honored to join the Kami City, Japan Delegation at the celebration of the 50 year anniversary of the sister city relationship. What an honor it was! For a little background, “In 1969, the Lions...

Connections – There is Hope

The last article that I composed, entitled “It’s Time to Disconnect” is about a day in age in which we are more connected than ever yet painfully disconnected. We have a world of information at our fingertips, instant communication and with all that, the ability to...

It’s Time to Disconnect

  The kids and I went to the Largo Central park recently and I was taken aback. Being a popular park on a Saturday afternoon, there were hundreds of people there; hundreds of adults. The kids and I played in the playground and walked all around the park. Out of...

The Immortal Mindset

                This may be a funny concept to wrap your mind around but bear with me down the rabbit hole a way. We live in an age in which instant gratification is a constant and YOLO is being shouted from the roof tops; do we look at the bigger picture? Do we play...

Back to the Little Things

If you’ve been keeping up with us, we recently talked about the little things and how important they are. Our ability to let the joy in from the little things truly has a profound effect on our happiness. I have been feeling that more than ever as of late. Life has a...