Driving out of O’Hare the other night, I met an amazing woman. I can’t recall her name other than it started with a V. I really can’t tell you much about her, either. Our conversation was short. She was the teller who checked me out of the parking lot. It was a cold night, and [...]
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If you want feeling in your life, you have to add it; soul won’t come to you. Soul doesn’t just exist by itself. Things that come to you are lifeless. Not dead, necessarily, but without that spark that makes them special. Special = soul = life. My children know this. Yours, too. Better than most [...]
When a measure of health becomes a goal, it’s a problem. Here’s a photo of what happens, for instance, when muscle mass stops being a measure and starts being a goal. (Shiver!) People: Please figure this out, like, today: The metric is not the goal. It’s a way to measure your progress toward the goal. [...]
Alchemy, the study of turning one thing into another, was the precursor to chemistry. Alchemy itself seems to have been part science, part magic, part wishful thinking. Because, as it turns out, you can’t turn lead into gold. Lead and gold are different things. No matter how much lead you accumulate, you can’t stare at [...]
You can follow a gut instinct, but you can’t follow your passions. It’s impossible. Passion grows from being fully invested in what you’re doing, and you can’t follow something that hasn’t grown yet. Gut feelings may steer you toward your passion, but just as likely, gut feelings will help you turn whatever you’re doing into [...]
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