I guarantee that if you’ve done any reading or listening to self-improvement that you’ve heard to live every day like it’s your last. Then you could say I love you, do the things you’ve been hesitating to do, and feel free. That’s wonderful - yet it’s not the whole story.
I doubt that any of you [...]

I have about 10 wise blog entry ideas every day. I haven’t committed any to writing for over a month. Until now.
We tend to pride ourselves in independence. We love celebrating Independence Day, we have learned not to engage in co-dependent relationships, and we loathe our dependence on foreign oil. We have been trained over [...]

In a quick cursory glance at the internet just now, the phrase “money can’t buy me love” comes up in Yahoo search 927,000 times. If that’s really the truth, why does “get rich” show up 20,800,000 times?
What is it with our inconsistent world that tries to instill this altruistic vision of money that it’s not [...]

For those of you not in the Pacific Northwest, even you have heard of the floods that have devastated many of our communities. One town, Vernonia, already reinventing itself after floods in 1996 and a diminishing timber economy, has had families displaced from homes, schools not schooling, a medical office shut down.
The community is gratefully [...]

IÂ am a lifelong volunteer. From the first time I wanted so badly to get out of my fourth grade class, I volunteered to help train 1st graders to learn how to write computer programs in the elementary school library. I loved computers, and I loved the library - this was a natural fit for [...]

I was talking the other day about how my goals have shifted over time. I no longer need to stop smoking or lose weight. I no longer need to get a new apartment or stock the kitchen. I’ve accomplished those tasks. I’ve also found and nuture the love of my life. I’ve been accepted into [...]