Hope

Hope is not a wish. We seem to use the word that way sometimes, but it isn’t quite right. Hope is a confident expectation of a positive outcome. Expectation. That is the key to hope. It isn’t just wanting something to happen, it is expecting it to happen....

Being there

You know, being a friend doesn’t mean agreeing with everything the other person says. It doesn’t mean liking all the same books or movies. It doesn’t mean dressing the same. All of these can be true, but it isn’t what’s important. Being a...

Goals

Do you have any goals? Most people don’t. A lot of people have wishes about someday. There’s nothing wrong with that. If you want that goal to really drive you though, you need to make it specific. What do you want (exactly) and when will you achieve it...

Keep learning

Do you know everything? I don’t. That makes it easy to find things I don’t know. Learning something new every day keeps your mind sharp and keeps that child-like wonder going. It’s also fun. Learn stuff that is useful like, how thick is a 2×4...

Remembrance

Today is National Pearl Harbor Remembrance day. Today we honor those who died in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. We thank them for their sacrifice. What those people and many others in many circumstances have done was huge. They gave everything for others. Most...