Attitudes and Latitudes

Attitudes are a settled way of thinking or feeling about someone or something, typically one that is reflected in a person’s behavior. Latitude is about the scope for freedom of action as well as thought. Put the two of them together and we have a potential for a winning formula in this life. How? Our

To look in the mirror, to look into my soul…..

I write as I am inspired by songs, as I have my music in play to comfort me and guide me in my thoughts and lead me to my tears. I listen so I can allow my mind to travel directed, allowing me less cerebral space, more room for my heart to feel…..just simply feel

Life delivers, we receive.

My work is focused upon studying the human condition and measuring the impact of how we deal with what life delivers alongside attending to the role of intention, free will, and behavioral reactions. It’s all fascinating–all of the time. What is troublesome however is that we cannot know what lies ahead. The next steps can

We’re not Polish, he said, we’re Austrian

My mom’s cousin, who is my second cousin, just died. He was my oldest living relative. He was a WWII veteran and a very faith filled man who had a sweetness and a tough to him that I was drawn to. We exchanged a lot of communications online. He was political and funny and dear.

Is stress a matter of perspective?

This is an essential question because it gets to the heart of many arguments about why it is that people behave the way they do. Stress is not an excuse to behave badly but when we feel stressed, we need to recognize it and take healthy steps to alleviate it. The answer is basically yes,

When your memories bless you and haunt you

We have a lifetime of events that imprint us and those imprints are both emotional and psychological. We have the capacity to influence how it goes, what the feelings are, what the words are, and how we allow them to influence us as we take the next steps in our lives. Build the Strength Within
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The value of the head

The gruesome acts being committed against human beings by a group trying to deliver a message includes beheadings. This is a nightmare to witness, to hear about, to envision, or to even have within intellectual range to consider let alone comprehend. We are frightened and outraged, individually and collectively. This is not just about brutal

When anger prevails we create–The Ferguson Ordeal

There was a movie about youth who wanted to fight, they were called rebels without a cause. There are times in the lifespan when we search for our identity and try on all sorts of tactics in an effort to understand who we are in the face of others. There are elements of this that
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When I thought my life was over

People ask me if I am forever positive and upbeat. Hardly. I am the whole package of a person and sadness grabs onto me as hard as anyone. I look to survive tragic and dramatic and live on, healthfully, and have to do so time and again but it is not so easy, it commands
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Moving into a zone of financial comfort

The idea of financial comfort seems like a dream that is impossible for most people — American or otherwise. However, this is a myth. Financial comfort has nothing to do with how much money you have but it has everything to do with how you deal with money overall. I call it The Fiscal Comfort
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