Past Messages

Experience – Creativity – Close Minded Our wealth of experience gives us the ability to be creative, but it also…

Be an adherent to the standard of truth used by the court. Always tell the truth, the whole truth, and…

“We will all eat a peck of dirt before we die.” My Grandparents and many grandparents before them.

I did the best I could do, but always wished I could have done better. If I was smarter, I…

“One ship drives east, and another west  With the self-same winds that blow; ‘Tis the set of the sails And…

Wisdom Wisdom is the mortar that turns the bricks of our lives into a foundation that can support our growth…

When You Are Blue   “When you are blue don’t fret and don’t frown and least of all don’t just…

A Grandpa’s Thoughts from Contemplating One Day On 10/16/10   Life is simple You reap what you sow Only you…

Making Changes It is easier to change what we do then to change what we want. So, when you are…

Preserving   “If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port…

Ethics Everyone has ethics, but no one has the same ethics as anyone else. Ethics may be good or bad,…

Anti-intellectualism “Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false…

Political Correctness “Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and promoted by mainstream media, which holds…

Change “There is nothing more difficult to plan, more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to manage than the creation…

Thoughts on Leadership Wikipedia definition: Leadership has been described as “a process of social influence in which one person can…

Measure of a Man “Experience is not a matter of having actually swum the Hellespont, or danced with Dervishes, or…

Reflections on Getting Older Today, I ache, my hearing is worse and worse, I am walking slower, and my body…

Back from the Edge When someone has lived at the edge, the edge where life and death touch, where safety…

  Circles The effort you expend and the distance you travel going in circles should never be confused with progress.

Grandpas Grandpas are like assembly plants that don’t make things they just put parts and pieces together. This idea, that…

Gallant Men “It is gallant men that risk their all to leave their nation safe and children free.” Homer

Suggestions When giving someone a suggestion, remember that it is much like feeding a squirrel. When you give an acorn…

Making Changes It is easier to change what we do then to change what we want. So, when you are…

  Why Don’t Americans Trust Each Other Anymore? Per an AP/GFK poll, only one-third of Americans say most people can…

    Repeating Yourself Repeating yourself is nothing more than unpleasant noise to other’s ears.

Showing Off Your Money There are two kinds of people in the world. Those that fold their money with highest…

  Teenagers and the Truth “Teenagers often feel that they have two choices: telling you the truth and leading to…

Should Don’t should on me and I won’t should on you.

Jobs Every job is a self-portrait of the person who did it. Autograph your work with excellence. From a fortune…

Judgement   As we grow older it becomes less and less important how others judge us and more and more…

Questing Hound # 51 “Go forth to seek, the quarry never found is still a fever to the Questing Hound,…

Blending Opinions Would it not be wonderful if the opinions of those we do not agree with could be mixed…

Stories “Stories are like our genes. They keep part of us alive after of our story ends.” A.S. Byatt

Pinball Machine Pinball machines reflect the way people live their lives. Most people are the balls bouncing here and ricocheting…

How to Make a Deal When you need something from someone, do not waste your time trying to figure out…

Information vs Communication. Information without communication has no value. Communication without information has no value. Receipt of information without intelligence…

On the highway or on city streets going faster than the car ahead of you, or for that matter any…

Life is not as much about the cards you’re dealt, as it is about how you play the hand.

  It seems to be in our nature to look for and accept, with little challenge, evidence that confirms what…

There is nothing more energizing than a fresh start. A start without the baggage you have been carrying for so…

An often misunderstood quote.

  By the Job or By the Hour “If you do things by the job, you are perpetually driven: the…

Growing Up “Most people don’t grow up. Most people age.” Maya Angelou

Listen more then you talk.

Your Life’s Mission

Are you riding your life or flying it?

Ideas, as plentiful as sand on the beach.

Philosophers are watching their world.

The Less Said the Better When meeting someone new make the following assumptions.

“Being a male is a matter of birth. Being a man is a matter of age. Being a gentleman is…

Pushing or Pulling When helping others we sometimes lose track of whether we are encouraging them or pushing them and…

Truth   Be an adherent to the standard of truth used by the court. Always tell the truth, the whole…

When You Are Blue   “When you are blue don’t fret and don’t frown and least of all don’t just…

How We Look – How We Feel As we grow older we care less and less about how we look…

Ethics Everyone has ethics, but no one has the same ethics as anyone else. Ethics may be good or bad,…

Making Changes It is easier to change what we do then to change what we want. So, when you are…