Time flies

February 3, 2016

Rachel has said this is her favorite picture of Mark. He was born on February 3rd.,1976 and has been the light of her life. Mark is the oldest of three boys who all excelled in football in their youth. He was All-State and earned a scholarship to play quarterback at The university of Texas. Rachel […]

Unconscious competence

February 2, 2016

In his prime, Michael Jordan Michael Jordan was shooting a free throw against The Denver Nuggets. After a few bounces of the ball, he closed his eyes and ‘Bingo’, chalk one up for the Bulls. That is just one example of unconscious competence. The feeling, so wired into Jordan after hundreds of thousands of attempts, […]

Awe

February 2, 2016

“The sky broke like an egg into full sunset and the water caught fire.” Pamela Hansford Johnson Photo by Dave Irey

Love

February 2, 2016

“Come live in my heart, and pay no rent.” Samuel Lover

Perspective

February 2, 2016

‘I get it….you don’t have to say a word. Rather than saying that you don’t care for my haircut, how about just saying I’m as cute as they come? Is that so difficult?’

Reverie

February 2, 2016

“Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Invincible

February 2, 2016

“In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.” Albert Camus

The waiting game

February 2, 2016

Jed is in a serious funk. With nearly a foot of snow overnight in Denver, he senses that it could be three days before he gets his ‘daily’ walk. Oh, he’ll eventually snap out of it, but the days are so long….it’s kind of like Rockies fans who have waited forever for management to assemble […]

Kids

February 1, 2016

“Children make you want to start life over.” Muhammad Ali

The important things

January 31, 2016

“If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there’d be a shortage of fishing poles.” Doug Larson

The DNO Concept

January 31, 2016

Angelique Kerber is The 2016 Women’s Singles Champion for The Ystralian Open. Seeded seventh, she was a long shot to defeat number one seed Serena Williams. How did she do it? Kerber extended points with incredible hustle and wisdom. Stretched beyond the sidelines, she repeatedly put the ball back in play and frustrated the ultra […]

An omen

January 31, 2016

Could last Tuesday’s California sunset be an omen before Super Bowl 50? Let’s hope so!!

Contentment

January 31, 2016

“When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment,… and I told them they didn’t understand life.” […]

Lighten up

January 31, 2016

“A party of little children at play is one of the most beautiful sights in nature. A sight that, for a moment, almost leads us to mistrust the theories of human misery. Little children are happy because they don’t have carking cares, nor troubling responsibilities, no painful memories and no anxious anticipations.” Frederick Oakeley Carking […]

Sweet dreams

January 31, 2016

Do babies dream? Maybe the question should be…’are their dreams more peaceful and happier than ours?’

No problem

January 31, 2016

Craig’s mom told him that this weekend’s snow might be followed by a major storm tonight and Monday. Like any kid, his first thought was no school and let’s get the sled out.

C’mon people

January 31, 2016

Long ago, a defiant Man entered the courtyard of the temple and was greatly distressed at those selling doves and other products. As the story goes, He overturned their tables and cast them out in no uncertain terms. If He visited a large mega church today in south Denver, there’d be no overturned tables. Instead,there […]

Timeless truths

January 31, 2016

There are people who carry a rabbit’s foot for good luck. Others have a four leaf clover tucked neatly into their wallets. Shane spoke this morning and cited an expert’s view on how to be happy. 1. Refuse to live in the past. Let go of that anchor and sail into open waters. 2. Refuse […]

Cookies & Cream

January 30, 2016

I don’t understand why adults don’t eat more ice cream. Me….I have it every day and it makes me smile each time. Vanilla, chocolate, and cookies & cream are my favorites. I’m going to sit down tonight with my mom and get to the bottom of this. She needs to smile more and I can […]

Bouncing back

January 30, 2016

Thomas loves travel, poker, and red wine each evening. He retired twenty years ago and has been to all seven continents. When his wife passed away five years ago, he went into a tailspin for eighteen months. Weekly sessions with a counselor helped Tom bounce back and he now volunteers at a homeless shelter each […]