Podcast Today we are going to revisit something that I found in my mother’s papers after she passed away. It is the mark of a mature person to be patient, non-reactive, understanding, and non-judgmental but our society does not celebrate maturity. To be a happy and...
Podcast Last week, I was invited to attend a weekly bowling league event to watch a friend bowl. I have not bowled seriously since I was in a league myself in high school. It was fun to watch everyone bowl but it was even more fun watching their reactions to their...
Podcast One of the great truths that I’ve discovered is that we cannot get along with anyone else any better than we get along with ourselves. If we are struggling in our relationship with others, we first need to reconnect the relationship with ourselves in a...
Podcast My poor parents! Raising 3 boys was hard enough but always having to try to treat each of us fairly was a near impossibility. And believe me, we registered our displeasure when one of us was not being treated equally to the others. Fairness is an important...
Podcast “Here…this is yours.” My dad said handing Me the keys to my latest new car. Then he said what he always said whenever he gave me something, “you don’t deserve it.” That feeling of not deserving what I want has been a real millstone around my neck...
Podcast Yesterday, I had the good fortune to sit down and talk with an old friend I haven’t seen in decades. Each of us had kept up with some people we knew but neither one of us knew the full story of our other friends and so we shared the details we had. It...
