Category: Blog

Every one of us has a purpose in this world.  Although societies may assign more importance to a brain surgeon over a garbage collector, it's likely because they have never experienced the consequences we would face if no one picked up our trash.  The world would be a mess, literally! It got me thinking about how none of us feel like people truly "get" what we do.  We often feel unappreciated which in turn deflates us.  I believe most people struggle with this.  From parents, teachers, friends & neighbors...it can feel as if we are swimming alone in a vast ocean while heading in the opposite direction.  We do our best to be kind, thoughtful, generous, helpful, but feel that the people around us may not react in a manner…

As a student and practitioner of Stoicism, I am reminded that each day is not a guarantee and that our time of earth is finite....Memento Mori. Anyone who knows me well has heard me express how much I dislike driving.  The act of driving itself isn't unpleasant.  It's the people I share the road with that concerns me.  It's disturbing to think that we are putting our lives in the hands of people we've never met and hope that they behave responsibly.  What they decide to do is completely out of our control.  If I had the road all to myself, driving would be such a joy.   While driving to make a necessary delivery, I was waiting on a green left arrow to indicate that it was safe to make…