Aug 18, 2011 Posted by Tom

Affluenza

More than ever, we have big houses and broken homes, high incomes and low morale, secured rights and diminished civility. We excel at making a living but often fail at making a life. We celebrate our prosperity but yearn for purpose. We cherish our freedoms but long for connection. In an age of plenty, we feel spiritual hunger. – David Meyer — People don’t need enormous cars, they need... read more

Aug 11, 2011 Posted by Tom

Pushing Through

When you’re running, there’s a little person that talks to you, and that little person says ‘I’m tired, my lungs are going to pop, I’m so hurt, I’m so tired.  There’s no way I could possibly continue!’ and you want to quit.  If you learn how to defeat that person while you’re running, you will learn how to not quit when things get hard in your... read more

Jul 22, 2011 Posted by Tom

A Finger in Too Many Pies

Don’t put all your eggs in one basket. – English Idiom — All right, so let’s get the elephant in the room out of the way first.  That quote was crap.  I know it.  You know it.  (And if you find a better quote about diversification, e-mail me or leave it in the comments and I’ll update it!) I’m going to venture into territory I’m not overly experienced with... read more

Jul 14, 2011 Posted by Tom

Commitment

There’s a difference between interest and commitment. When you’re interested in doing something, you do it only when circumstance permit. When you’re committed to something, you accept no excuses, only results. – Unknown — Most people don’t really like to commit.  Usually because once you’ve committed to something you’re, well…  committed.  You... read more

Jul 8, 2011 Posted by Tom

Taking a Step Back

What was once called the objective world is a sort of Rorschach ink blot, into which each culture, each system of science and religion, each type of personality, reads a meaning only remotely derived from the shape and color of the blot itself. –Lewis Mumford, “Orientation to Life,” The Conduct of Life, 1951 — Influence is a powerful weapon in both the right and wrong hands. ... read more

Jun 21, 2011 Posted by Tom

You may have noticed that I disappeared…

Absence makes the heart grow fonder-of somebody else! –Francis Davison’s Poetical Rhapsody (1962), Anonymous — You may have noticed, dear reader, being the rather astute individual that you are, that I have not posted on this website for quite a while now. I thought I would take this opportunity (At my lovely wife’s suggestion) to let you know where I’ve been and why the site... read more

Dec 17, 2010 Posted by Tom

The Point of Life

The world is like a ride at an amusement park, and when you choose to go on it, you think it’s real; because that’s how powerful our minds are.  And the ride goes up and down and round and round, it has thrills and chills and it’s very brightly coloured and it’s very loud.  And it’s fun, for a while.  Some people have been on the ride for a long time and they begin to... read more