Gratification

Gratification is the intimate and ultimate driving force of first and last resort: We want and NEED to be happy!   If love is what makes the world go around, happiness is the overarching sentiment involved.   But how we go about being happy, when, and how much?  Answers to these questions comprise much of…

Genes, Greens, Grit and Gummy Bears

If you’ve made it past birth, early development, kindergarten, elementary school, middle school and high school with no major glitches and relatively unscathed by major medical maladies, you’re probably endowed with a fairly decent set of genes.   The real question is: What have you DONE with what you’ve got?   Behavioral scientists have long…

Dream BIG

Is Your Dream BIG Enough? This is America!  The land of Dreams!   How BIG is YOUR Dream? For the Children’s Sermonette, the pastor asked the kids: “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Not everybody had an answer – it’s a big question for 5-10 year olds. However, a few did: Jackson…

Acts of War

After six hours of manual labor yesterday – spent thinning out a flowering crabapple tree in preparation for eventual removal, I was inclined to go purposely off-line today. For the record, the flowering crab has been severely destabilized and won’t survive another six-hour barrage. However, five pounds of crabapples from the “wild” crabapple tree in the back…