Becoming Pervious
I spent many years trying to be as impervious as possible to the slings and arrows delivered by life, but then it became time to become…
Giving Up our Druthers
Have you ever felt you wanted one thing and then did another, just from pig-headedness? Maybe you were tempted to do something you’ve never done before,…
A Second Brain…
Scientific alert! Wonderful news about science’s discovery of what many knew from experience, picked up and just republished on JDShares, my friends. We are indeed, as…
Whose energy am I using?
Have you ever had a difficult interaction where you found yourself overreacting, moving quickly from irritation to anger? Or instead of acknowledging your differences, you harshly judged…
“There is no wealth but life”
Are you muttering a sarcastic comment as you read this quote from 19th century art critic John Ruskin? It’s undoubtedly true that life could be a…
Crooked Things
It’s time to celebrate crooked things. We often seek perfection but will we ever get it all straight? I don’t think so. Maybe we once believed…
Smarter Faster Better?
When Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter Charles Duhigg talks about productivity, he’s not just talking about efficiency and profits and time management. To him, what it means to…
