It’s fairly humorous how three (or, for some people, four) short years are unpacked, dissected, evaluated, processed, angsted over, and held in carefu...

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10 years ago on Sunday, my wife and I became parents for the first time as we welcomed our oldest daughter into the world. I had read some of the rig...

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Why is vacation so difficult to launch? I’m not talking about all the things I need to do in order to get the opportunity to go on vacation. Those ar...

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I don’t get engrossed in a lot of chit-chat at the gym. Usually I’m pretty business-like, focused on getting in some quality cardio, strengths-trainin...

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“If you love something, you never get tired of it—I mean love in which there is no seeking of a result, no wanting something out of it.” Krishnamurti...

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“It sounds so simple.”   Do you hear that innocuous phrase a lot, often at work but sometimes at home and even in houses of worship? Do you hea...

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My family and I just returned from a three-day weekend in Savannah, which is about eight hours from the Nashville area. I was at the wheel the whole t...

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Yet again, I am listening to the audio version of Ken Burns’ magnificent documentary Jazz: The Story of American Music. One thing that stands out to...

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