Failure to Launch If it only requires one step to begin the journey of 1,000 miles, why do we fail to take it, and how do we overcome our resistance?    It is not the lack of or inadequate planning.  In fact, planning may cause paralysis by analysis.  You are still in the profession you wanted to leave years ago because contemplating the innumerable possibilities put you in a state of suspended...

Enough of the congenial tone of the past two weeks; as fair-minded as we think we are and aspire to be, we are often hypocrites.   Good for the Goose, Good for the Gander? We particularly delight in criticizing things we have not and will not do.  Many believe homosexuality is a sin, and some heterosexuals use this position to condemn homosexuality enthusiastically since they do not indulge in...

Casting the First Stone. Even our most exalted heroes have done something reprehensible.  Peaceful changemaker Ghandi was racist and slept naked with his teenage grandniece.  Humanitarian Mother Teresa allegedly provided inadequate, unhygienic care.  Anti-imperialist revolutionary Che Guevara was a racist, homophobe, and mass murderer. If we performed an honest self-examination, we would uncover...

Oh, how we love to find fault and use it to criticize others.  And how fortunate we are to live in a time when almost nothing is private.  Our quivers have a never-ending supply of arrows.  However, our rush to judgment fails to consider things are rarely as simple as they appear. A few considerations… Relevance.  Why do we condemn a social media beauty influencer who wrongly used the N-word on...

“Instant Karma’s Gonna Get You.” We interrupt this week’s scheduled post due to an untimely event.  John Lennon was right about that instant karma.   The last two week’s messages on supporting others in times of grief and dealing with your grief provoked more than usual reader responses expressing how much they needed and appreciated the posts.  What I did not know when that grief post went live...