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Stop … Worry Time!
I never wore parachute pants, but I remember them being popular in the late 1980s where I was living. When I think of them, I think of the now famous versions donned by MC Hammer. In 1990, MC Hammer...
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The Gift of Anxiety
One year, when I was just a teenager, my grandparents gave me a very special Christmas gift. While I can’t remember exactly how old I was at the time, I clearly recall the sense of confusion mixed with...
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A Lemon for Your Thoughts?
Several years ago, I had a friend who was in the market for a new car. In the process of car shopping with this friend, I decided that I would sell the car that I was driving and get a new car for...
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The “Wild and Precious” Present
I’m currently participating in a writing group that meets on a monthly basis. Between each of our meetings, one of the facilitators sends out a topic on which all of us in the group are invited to...
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Through a Glass Darkly
Cleanliness becomes more important when godliness is unlikely. — P. J. O’Rourke I was in my freshman or sophomore year of college — it is all just a blur, now — when I got my first pair of eyeglasses....
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What’s Limiting You?
Our thoughts and imaginations are the only real limits to our possibilities. — Orison Swett Marden In my last blog post, I introduced the notion that all of us go through our lives wearing pairs of...
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Assumptions: A Phantom Menace
“You assume too much.” – Nute to Amidala, and Padme to Qui-Gon, Star Wars, Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999) In a previous blog post, Through a Glass Darkly (2013), I proposed the notion that all of...
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Challenging Interpretations? Think the Rainbow!
In a previous blog post, Through a Glass Darkly (2013), I proposed that all of us go through our lives wearing pairs of invisible eyeglasses with lenses comprised of thoughts and beliefs that we have...
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Feeling Blue (or Anxious)? Want Some Glee? What Makes the Difference?
A couple of weeks ago, as I was doing chores around the house, I decided to turn on the television. While I wasn’t sitting down to watch a program, I did want something on the TV “in the background”...
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Show that Gremlin Some Sun!
Mr. Wing’s grandson: Look Mister, there are some rules that you’ve got to follow. Rand Peltzer: Yeah, what kind of rules? Mr. Wing’s grandson: First of all, keep him out of the light; he hates bright...
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Let Freedom from Anxiety Ring!
“Anxiety is … the meaning we make of something.” — Marla W. Deibler “From ev’ry mountainside / Let freedom ring!” — Samuel Francis Smith In the 1996 movie, Independence Day, alien antagonists are...
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What Do You Choose To See?
What do you see when you look at the featured image for today’s post? A duck? A rabbit? Both? If you see the image as one of these options — a duck, let’s say — are the other ways in which you...
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Angels with One Wing
I have recently become involved in a meditation group on Google+, Wildmind, in which members are currently making their way through a book of mindfulness practices, How to Train a Wild Elephant: And...
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Four Thoughts that Helped Me Start a New, Healthy Habit
I have been running outside for the past couple of months — three to four miles, three to four days a week — on a trail that passes close to where I live. Although I have run at previous times in...
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Moving Forward by Breaking Down
As some of you know, I have started a new, healthy habit in the weeks since mid-July — running. In my last post, I mentioned that I had a goal of running five miles each day for four days a week...
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Are You “Shoulding” on Yourself?
A week or so ago, I went running one morning after we had experienced stormy weather the evening before, and I encountered a couple of downed trees across the trail that I usually take. While I could...
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“It’s Not Easy Bein’ Green”
I have seen a cartoon recently that gives me a chuckle, and prompts reflection, every time I think of it. In the foreground, the cartoon features a male physician sitting at his desk, looking at an...
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Got Angst? Give Thanks!
Next week, many of us will be celebrating the U.S. holiday that we call Thanksgiving. On Thursday, November 28, we will gather together with family and friends, ideally over a hearty harvest meal, and...
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The Gift of Anxiety
One Christmas, when I was much younger — perhaps just into my teenage years — my grandparents gave me a very special gift. While I don’t remember exactly how old I was, I still very clearly recall...
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Beauty in the Cracks: A Kintsukuroi Perspective
Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crack in everything That’s how the light gets in – Leonard Cohen Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it. –...
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