Beyond the Rhetoric

“He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask remains a fool forever.” I’ve written Sunday Snippet entries in the past about fools. I’ve written about how they feel compelled to say something and how that usually leads to complaining and criticizing. We can all be fools sometimes, [...]

“My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that?” It’s such a simple concept. They say that there is something about the holiday season that has everyone is good spirits. That may be true, but [...]

“Oh, he’s so lucky to have bought a house at such a young age.” “Oh, he’s so lucky to have such a successful blog with such a large readership.” Luck. It’s one of those things that seems so far out of our control, yet it has such a monumental impact on our daily lives. We [...]

“The trouble with not having a goal is that you can spend your life running up and down the field and never score.” A short while I ago, I wrote a post asking whether or not success needs to be measurable. Are you able to measure your success? Are you able to measure your happiness? [...]

Let’s say that you have a potential Olympic athlete and she is training for the 100-meter hurdles. She trains for years and manages to make it onto the team. She trains more and makes it to the Olympic Games where she stuns the world and wins the gold medal. By all accounts, we’d all agree [...]