These “Woodshed Moments” are equivalent to grabbing ner-do-wells by the scruff of the neck to get their attention and saying “Straighten up and fly right or else — and here’s why”!
I am astounded by the degree to which humans can be debilitated and still function – or appear to function. At age 62, my father was found to have severe cardiovascular disease with 90% blockage in one coronary artery and 70% blockage in three others. He eventually had a quadruple bypass operation and lived another…
If I fail, let it not be for FEAR OF FAILURE or of FALLING SHORT OF PERFECTION. If I fail, let it not be for a lack of PRESENCE … ……… of PURPOSE; ……… of VISION ……. of COURAGE /\ of CONFIDENCE; ……. of BELIEF IN…
What is it? And how do you DO it? Personal Growth is the nuts and bolts business of life. And it’s required! It’s the process of “Becoming” … fully human … fully US … fully YOU … fulfilling our true potential … and it’s an ongoing enterprise. Whatever age or stage of life…
One of the great experiences of my youth was going to the Buhl Planetarium in Pittsburgh. Among many other things, I was fascinated by the bicycle in the main lobby they had rigged to generate electricity. The faster you peddled the bike, the more wattage you could create and the more light bulbs you could…
Many metabolic, physiologic and endocrine abnormalities are “silent”; i.e., they show no warning signs before (“pre-“) one’s life or wellbeing are tangibly threatened (“clinical”). Great numbers of such “pre-clinical” conditions can be identified in formative stages via simple tests, including heart rate, blood pressure, and a standard “blood panel”. For this reason, physicians uniformly recommend…