I decided to head to church last night at the chapel of a local college as a way to cap off my evening. I used to do this in college quite a bit – 10 PM Mass on a Sunday evening was my favorite time to go. Everything was just a little bit more quiet [...]
Posts Tagged reflection
38 Years. 364 Days.
Nov 13
I spent some time with my family today to do a little birthday celebration for me one day early. The work week always tends to bring on a lot more mayhem that I would really like, so today was optimal for everyone. I’m sure someone just read that previous sentence and thought, “Who in the [...]
All of this storm stuff got me to thinking. I know, I know… every time that happens I tread into dangerous, uncharted territory, but I’ve also got a lot of time on my hands, so these things will just happen. I was having a conversation with a friend recently where we were talking about various [...]
It’s a lovely day here in New England… well, I mean it’s lovely if you look past the massive power outages, electrical wires draped across road, trees smashing into cars and the prospect of no electricity for up to week. But beyond all that, it’s a lovely day in… October. I need to re-check my [...]
My Worst Day
Oct 1
A topic very near and dear to my heart is perspective – why it matters, how people lose it, how to get it and how it just frames the every day experience of life so beautifully. It’s just one of those things that when I am doing my best at cultivating it, I feel unbelievably [...]
People who lift weights… I mean really lift weights… tend to get viewed through a certain lens by a large bulk of society. Muscle = moron in a lot of contexts. You need look no further than your average Planet Fitness commercial. It’s as if there is an inversely proportionate relationship between size and smarts. [...]
The Plank in My Eye
Jul 27
I think I’m like many people who can be a total ace at passing out advice that I then do a less-than-ideal job of following for myself. I don’t think there is anything remarkable about that in myself or in others – it’s just far easier to cast the penetrating light of truth upon a [...]
The Zen of Baseball
Mar 10
Growing up, I was all about baseball. It was truly one of my favorite things, from watching games on TV, going to Fenway Park with my family, collecting stacks and stacks of baseball cards or playing one of a thousand forms of the game. They were all good and I didn’t want to go without.As [...]
This Might Not Work
Mar 8
I’m a little more than halfway through Seth Godin’s new book “Poke the Box” and I’m duly intrigued. It’s funny because it’s a pretty short book and the text is not densely packed onto each page, but it would be a terrible mistake to think this implies the thoughts contained therein are as thin as [...]
Forty Facebook-Free Days
Mar 7
Every year when Lent rolls around, I try to figure out what in the world I’m going to do for those 40 days that will be meaningful of the season. As Mom always says, “You don’t have to give something up. You can do something instead.” She makes a good point (as Mom usually does), [...]
