Good Intentions
I am guessing that most people today start the Lenten season with good intentions to give up on something that they will really miss. Chocolate Caffeine Potato Chips Sugar Cake Ice Cream Candy Do you see a theme here? No, Read More …
Tag: honesty
Now You Tell Me
I can’t help but think that one of the e-mails I got was just a bit too late. When I read the headline, I thought “now you tell me” how to take the perfect fireworks photos. It is only 1 Read More …
Never Too Late
Really. It is never too late… to call to say I love you to try to make amends to talk to someone – really talk to someone to read that book they told you to read in high school to Read More …
Bumps In The Road
Do you embrace, full on, the bumps in the road, or do you detour around them to avoid conflict, stress and confrontation? I used to drive this touchy, old, minivan that needed to be treated with kid gloves – as Read More …
How Are You?
When you start a conversation you can ask a question, but are you really looking for the answer, or just waiting to move on to the real issue? A simple: How are you? Did you like your meal? How did Read More …
An Important Element
It is best, for effective communications when you are clear about your intentions, your interests and what you love or don’t really care for all too much. You are an important element in this. People – at least, most people Read More …
Now or Later
What is your style. Do you tell someone something, now or later? There are definitely negatives and positives on both sides. Not all “tells” are negative, some are positive. So it’s definitely something to think about before you act. If Read More …
Fibbers
This may seem like it was inspired by something else I read recently, but I assure you, it wasn’t. And no, I am not one of those career fibbers who will say anything to get you to participate, to buy, Read More …
Truth In Advertising
I definitely believe in the truth in advertising. We all do. We also, however, appreciate the marketing descriptions that go with advertising; that is the marketing spin that encourages you to sign your children up for their first swimming lesson. Read More …
Talk About Love
Inquiring minds wanted to know what a pre-teen boy thought about love and what they might say when asked to talk about love. (Well, at least this inquiring mind anyway.) So, as I did yesterday, I asked one of my Read More …