Years ago I woke up each morning and wrote 10 things for which I was grateful. Days turned to months and with a laundry list of things to do, my gratitude journal turned into just another thing I had to get done. I was no longer present as I wrote…[Read more]

Ive been thinking a lot lately about my time on our planet. Considering that Earth is 4 billion years old, and humans (homo sapiens) have been around for 50,000 years, the span of my life is barely a blip on the timeline. And of the 118 billion humans that have lived, I asked myself “Am I just another brick in the wall?” as Roger Waters wrote.…[Read more]

Beautiful color blend of sunflowers and sunset in Kansas. Gods magnificent canvas can create immense gratitude if you “feel” beauty and not merely “see” it.

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One year ago, this Tuesday, April 4, 2021, Dane proposed to me at Mariposa in Sedona, Arizona. Surrounded by breath-taking red rock views Dane bent his knee and asked me if I would marry him. Tears of joy dripped down my cheeks as I looked at him with adoring eyes and answered, Yes.

This was a pivotal moment as I knew, without a doubt, that my…[Read more]

I was having lunch yesterday with my wife Jeanne, at a wonderful restaurant called Wildflower, in Prescott Arizona. Great food and friendly people. We were talking about self awareness and how essential it is to become your potential and have a handle on how you see yourself and the world.

A bit of an epiphany moment occurred for me as we…[Read more]