So we went through the albums that shaped my teenage and early adulthood years — now here come the stuff that shaped me as a grown-up. Note that these span longer years than the earlier eras, because as an adult my palate has already been formed and it became harder to …
So continuing on yesterday’s post, the best practice is to feel whatever “negative” emotion you have first, and then steer it toward a more desirable outlook. That’s easier said than done. Yesterday I had an incident where I got very mad. Except I realized that I can’t get 100% mad. …
Do you think it’s phony, Jon Bon Jovi writing about struggles of blue-collar workers? How about James Hetfield talking about self-destruction in the latest Metallica album? These are multi-millionaire rock stars. What do they know about the reality of common folks? Sure, they are self-made men who climbed up the …
When a person has abundant life energy, we aptly describe that state as “full of life.” Kids, particularly young boys, can be very active. That’s not to say that people who go about life at a more leisurely pace aren’t as full of life, but a typical way in which life energy …
I’m not that great at thinking on my foot. When unexpected things happen, when I’m caught off guard, I have a hard time staying focused — I get too busy feeling overwhelmed and frantic. This is strange to me, though. Life is made up of a series of unexpected things. …