52 STEPS FORWARD

Don’t Throw the Baby out with the Bathwater It seems like we must answer every issue with a binary choice: yes or no.  The all-or-nothing standard leads us to believe that disagreement over part is disagreement over the whole, leading to unnecessary alienation.   You...

For my 60th birthday last year, I wrote the typical, funny, "I can't believe I'm here" stories about reaching a milestone birthday.  Some harsh reality set in in the past twelve months, but it also validated last year's message.  Reality Sets In Rather than hearing I...

What is the purpose of accolades, and what do we do with them? Acceptance First, accept the compliment graciously by thanking the provider.  Often, we respond flippantly in an attempt at humility.  Have you ever said, “Yes, the dress is pretty, but my butt looks big,”...

Sweet Land of Liberty? In a country proclaiming freedom of speech as its preeminent 1st Amendment constitutional value, we now seek to silence voices instead of protecting them.   College students protest to cancel speakers with “incorrect” viewpoints.  News programs...

…words will never hurt me.  Do they teach children this lesson anymore, or has it gone the way of cursive?  Today's message is for those needing a refresher and snowflakes. Of course, it is much easier to widely broadcast words today than when I learned this saying as...