There is nothing I enjoy more then escaping from the world and into a good book. When you bury your nose into the pages of something special you find yourself transported to a different world. Some books inspire. Some books take you around the world. Some books even help you put life in perspective. When …
Today we are less free than at any other point in the history of the world. Somewhere along the line, usually it just happens without us realizing it, we begin to work out of necessity instead of pleasure. We have a family we need to support, a mortgage we need to pay, and several car …
Indeed there is never a moment when we do not wish to commit something to memory, and we wish it most of all when our attention is held by business of special importance. – Rhetorica ad Herrenium This is part 3 of a multi-part series on developing detective skills, like deduction, observation and reasoning, that can enhance your life and travel experiences. In part 1 we discussed the benefits of observation and how you can hone your observation ability with a bunch of awesome games. Part 2 talked about …
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Tell me something about yourself. Take a minute and think about it. How did you describe yourself? Did you say doctor or banker? Mom? Father? Christian? Son? Wife? Tennis Player? All of these things, and many more, are roles in your life but they are not your life. The truth is that these things are …
SOMETIMES YOU JUST GOTTA GET AWAY. There are times when events in our lives cast us down in to the depths of depression. It isn’t that we’re depressive, or that we take meds to keep us on the right side of the grass, but rather our world seems to collapse quickly and with no silver …
“I had so many ideas they were coming out of my ears” DEALING WITH A QUARTER LIFE CRISES Do you know that feeling you get when you stand on the shore of an ocean looking out? That same feeling of being dwarfed by the world around you is the feeling you get when you look …
Life is full of frustrations. But, I like to think many of these can be eliminated by putting things in perspective. One of the things that createsfrustrations is your job. Your boss is a jerk. You are overworked and underpaid. Will there ever be a balance between what we want and what our employer wants? …
“My friend, my friend. You want?” The man who stood to my side was wearing a dirty djellaba and smiled as he spoke. “mmm, maybe.” For the right price I could be convinced to buy, but I didn’t want to show too much enthusiasm. I knew what game he was playing. “How much you want …
Hats come in thousands and thousands of shapes, sizes, and colors. Anything can be a “hat,” as it is the generic term used for anything that covers your head. But I’m not interested in just any old bucket that you can place on your head. I’m interested in the hats that make a name for …
This is what hell is like, I thought, as I looked towards the thrashing angry ocean. The water rose in frustration and slammed itself against the beach, grinding rocks into glass colored pebbles with its agitation. It was a thing of all motion and no progress, like anger. Can you see anger in a place, …
