The Crash

Sometimes I think God just like to mess with me, I think he get great pleasure out of seeing me get upset or thrown off task. Take this morning for example, I posted my first blog with no problem, I stat in on this blog with a solid idea of what I want to write, …

The ultimate Comfort Food

Fall has seem to hit Michigan over the past week or so, this morning on my way in to work it was 46 degrees, that's a tad bit chilly for an August morning. Well so  much for global warming…. I love the cooler weather, I love to sit in my house with all the windows …

Our Last Freedom

"The last of the human freedoms is to choose your attitude in any given set of circumstances." -Victor Frankl   For anyone who has ever read this blog or my other blog, you know that freedom is a major theme for me. Often times I use the word Authentic Freedom because we all to often …

Saint Ted

The death of Ted Kennedy is an end to an era for America. We have seen the last of an American family that has been woven in to the American fabric and our political lives, for many of us we have never known a time with out a Kennedy in some sort of political office.  …

Nothing is Something

Sometimes doing nothing is as hard as doing something, at least when it comes to continues self improvement. The past few months my well of writing has been dried up, for several reasons, one being my attitude and in to that really a loss of words and tons of other work to do, and mix …

I can't be Bothered

There are times I wonder why I even bother… Why do I bother writing this blog, why do I bother working so hard, why do I bother cleaning the house… Each of these things I am sure we all have asked ourselves, and yet we continue on bothering with them. We are a people created …

Jesus, A Slave Master?

A friend and I have an ongoing joke about being liberal or conservative, I being the conservative. Today as we chatted online was no different, it always seems that one of us (mostly me) will some how manage to bring it around to being a liberal or a conservative. It’s all in fun.. or is …

'Liar in Your Life' Author Feldman: Why We Lie So Much

This is take from an online article in Time magazine…..   By EBEN HARRELL Eben Harrell – 29 mins ago A professor of psychology at the University of Massachusetts, Robert Feldman has spent most of his career studying the role deception plays in human relationships. His most recent book, The Liar in Your Life: How …

Change and Growth

I remember learning in one of my psychology classes that one of the dangers of helping a married couple reconcile is that once they do, they may no longer wish to stay together. That sometimes when we “grow” and “change” we end up growing and changing right out of the relationship. It’s the risk of …

Reasons

You would think with all the writing I do, for my day job I write technical books, for STATIC I write religious books and other materials and for educational use and two different blogs, this one and my You Can Be New blog. But as you can tell I have not been to consistent with …