How do you measure time? Every time I think about how we live our lives around the issue of time I think of the song from Rent, Five-Hundred-Twenty-Five-Thousand-Six-Hundred Minutes. That’s the number of minutes in one year. Sounds like a lot when you see such a big number, but relatively speaking, it’s quite finite. We always think we have…
I was going on vacation last October and when I put my suitcase on the scale, the agent told me I was one pound over the “free” weight. He asked if I wanted to pay the extra fee or take something out of my bag. Well, that was a no-brainer. I took one thing out of my suitcase,…
I love when people start rattling off oxymorons. It gives me a chuckle to hear things like jumbo shrimp, only choice, and working holiday. Then it comes to times when we’re given news of a health challenge and the world as we know it changes. Some describe the events from the moment of a diagnosis as a perfect…
I can’t think of anything more alarming than a paper cut. Of course, like many other painful experiences, there are different types of paper cuts. By that, I mean different surfaces or types of paper, inflicting different types of cuts and pain. I wonder how this might apply to our soul? What does it mean to get a…
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