You have little-to-no control.Deny no more. You’ve finally come to accept it: the future really isn’t in your hands. You have no control over others,… Continue reading
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.The Declaration of Independence says those are things you get just for living here. But did you ever notice… Continue reading
Lately, you’ve been fighting a lot with your brother.Sometimes, he makes you mad, though, and you just can’t help it! So you yell, and he… Continue reading
Always be kind to others.Consider the feelings of your fellow humans. Treat them as you would be treated. That’s the Golden Rule, something you learned… Continue reading
Abracadabra. Now you see it.Now you don’t because a good magician knows to hide his props behind his fingers, beneath her clothes, in his pockets.… Continue reading
Everybody’s good at something.You may have an aptitude for numbers. You might be a master at chess, multitasking, organizing, or people skills. Your real talents… Continue reading
Sometimes, you find the strangest things in the oddest places.How, for example, did that thing you spent months searching for suddenly appear right in front… Continue reading
A toast…You’ve been doing that often lately. A toast to friends and family around the table. To a new job, new baby, new marriage. To… Continue reading
Ashes to ashes. Dust to dust.That’s supposedly what we are, and what we’ll end up being: just a few pounds of powdered remains that a… Continue reading
Young readers will love this book, believe it or not! Raise your fingers high.That’s what you’ll be doing this school year, because you’ve been practicing.… Continue reading
You are your dog’s only pack. And the pack is happy.A trip to the corner store started it all: you said “Go for a ride?”… Continue reading
Clean up your mess!It’s something you’ve been told your entire life. Put away your toys. Color inside the lines. Straighten your room. Keep your handwriting… Continue reading
You stopped in the store the other day, and stopped short.In all its electric-colored glory, tie-dye is back. Or maybe it never left, just passed… Continue reading
What you wouldn’t give to spend one more day. Your loved one has been gone — what? Weeks? Years? It seems like forever, and missing… Continue reading
You can’t find your keys. Again.It happens every now and then: you get busy, distracted, and you put them down somewhere they don’t belong. Then… Continue reading
Every good thing must come to an end.In some cases, that’s a surprising relief: you can only have just so much fun. In other cases,… Continue reading
You were overjoyed when your dog learned to “SIT!”“Down” came eventually, then “roll over” and “stay.” He can “shake” both paws, fetch, find, and you’re… Continue reading
Seven hours of your life, gone — just like that.You’d be annoyed if that happened while in traffic. You’d be angry if it was spent… Continue reading
You need to change things up.A new sense of style is called-for, a new job, new digs, maybe a new outlook on everything. Out with… Continue reading
Everybody deserves a second start.You’d never begrudge a down-on-his-luck fellow a new lease on life. It’s his right to begin over, to get another chance… Continue reading
