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March 2025

March 23, 2025
William’s battle songs. He’s always liked these songs, but they now have a much more...

February 2025

February 18, 2025
Valentines Day came a day early for our family. As William rapidly progressed through his...
February 16, 2025
Brain surgery is now behind us. Iron Heart continues to make strides, a little more...
February 13, 2025
Hockey players talk in periods, so quick update on William’s first intermission. The first period...
February 10, 2025
Perspective. The world looks so different now in ways that I could never have imagined....
February 09, 2025
Brain surgery on a seven-year-old. First hill is to remove the large tumor. As William...
February 08, 2025
“Am I going to die?” are harrowing words I pray no parent will ever be...

November 2024

November 17, 2024
It's a scary thought, Descartes' challenge for truth seekers: “If you would be a real...

August 2024

August 31, 2024
I love the Japanese concept of Ikigai. You may have come across in this popular...
August 18, 2024
Epictetus drops the mic on the famous Stoic "dichotomy of control." "The chief task in...

April 2024

April 21, 2024
If you haven't seen A League of Their Own, you need to. It's based on...
April 13, 2024
Theodore Roosevelt was highly influenced by Stoic philosophy. Difficult people and situations become an opportunity...

March 2024

March 13, 2024
Lao Tzu is a famous Chinese philosopher and widely recognized as the founder of Taoism....

February 2024

February 21, 2024
Another one of my favorites from Nelson Mandela: “The greatest glory in living lies not...
February 11, 2024
Lao Tzu has a great one on pride: "One who flaunts himself is not illuminated....

January 2024

January 25, 2024
Socrates rocked us with "the unexamined life is not worth living". But an examined life...
January 18, 2024
I've always been inspired by Henry Ford's famous quote. “Whether you think you can, or...

December 2023

December 15, 2023
It's a thought-provoking quote by Jim Rohn: "You are the average of the five people...
December 06, 2023
The Stoics were big on the idea of adversity revealing character. It's self-evident really, when...

September 2023

September 24, 2023
Though many think of him only as a martial artist and/or movie star, it never ceases...

August 2023

August 27, 2023
I love Ryan Holiday's Ego is the Enemy. In it, I came across a powerful...

April 2023

April 19, 2023
Seneca and Epictetus have some powerful sentiments on the hero's journey. Kicking it off with...
April 11, 2023
I always loved the depth of this song, though I curiously wondered why "pride" is...

March 2023

March 28, 2023
Happiness can be a tricky term to define. At the shallow end, it may just...
March 19, 2023
In Man's Search for Meaning, Victor Frankl urges us that life's meaning is not an abstract...

February 2023

February 21, 2023
I can't get enough of Nelson Mandela. His example exemplifies leadership and courage. Often times,...

December 2022

December 11, 2022
"Talent is not required" is the title of the eighth chapter in his epoch book Can't...

October 2022

October 08, 2022
We're a highly intelligent species. To be able to contemplate - what was, what is,...

September 2022

September 24, 2022
Bruce Lee's genius truly inspires me. I've written on his Jeet Kune Do which goes way beyond...
September 04, 2022
Be present in this moment. Seneca urged us that this is the key to true...
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