Don't Get Old On Me!
Hopping out of bed one morning, I complained: "My big toe hurts!" My wife -- with her hands on her hips -- stared back at me and...
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Almost Famous!
A very famous person and some guy wearing a white jumpsuit & sunglasses! Being famous has its perks. Everyone recognizes us, we get the...
Auto-Correct
The original Auto-Correct! Everybody is trying to find a quicker way to get things done! It's like racing against time, but occasionally...
Making Connections
Because I love people, whenever I get the chance, I often start up a conversation with complete strangers. Friends have often said that...
Butt Dialing
We've all got "that" person (or maybe we are that person) that butt dials constantly! I've got one friend who I think actually stays up...
Your Bank Account
Imagine you had a bank account that deposited $86,400 each morning. The account carries over no balance from day to day, and every...
Re-Gifting
Christmas is over but not forgotten. Some of us are still picking pine-needles out of our shag carpet. And if you still have shag...
Find Happiness
The key to finding happiness is helping others find theirs! A wise teacher once brought balloons to school and told her pupils to blow...
The Gift of Christmas
One of my heroes is Bob Goff, author of Love Does, an excellent must-read book! According to Bob, giving is not just a moral obligation...
Memories
In 1957, this was my 'brand new camera!' In High School, I was one of few to have a movie camera. It was an 8 mm Wollensak (shown...
Judging Others . . .
“A young man in his early twenties, looking out from the train’s window shouted… ‘Dad, look at the trees racing by'. Dad smiled. A young...
Cookie Thief
A woman was waiting at an airport one night, with several long hours before her flight. She grabbed a book, bought a bag of cookies and...
My Blessings
My heart is filled with gratitude and thankfulness for the two most extraordinary blessings in my life —my beloved wife and precious...
The Gift of Kindness
No gift of kindness -- no matter how small -- is ever wasted! “In the days when an ice cream sundae cost much less, a 10-year old boy...
Baby Elephant
As a man was passing by a group of elephants, he suddenly stopped, confused by the fact that these huge creatures were being held by only...
Friends
Friendship is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself [felt that way] ― C.S....
Original Ideas!
Austin Kleon's book Steal Like An Artist, gives some tips on being creative. “If we’re free from the burden of trying to be completely...
What's Normal?
To some people, even this guy looks normal! What IS Normal? The only normal people are the ones you don't know very well . . . And the...
Compliments
I can live for two months on a good compliment -Mark twain I didn't realize just how bad I was at accepting compliments until a friend...
. . . . From the Hallway
Makin' the best of a bad situation! A young friend of mine, suffering with serious health issues at MD Anderson, was going through...
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