We live in a throw it out society. The average American throws away seven and a half pounds of garbage which totals 2 billion pounds of garbage headed to the landfill each day. How is it possible to send that much garbage to the landfill each day? Obviously we could do a better job... »

What are some of your favorite memories? For me they are often memories of times that I took chances, stepped out of the box, or tried something new. I never think back to that one day where I did the same boring thing as the day before. This goes further than just thinking about... »

I had an interesting conversation the other day with a Branch President of a bank that I used to work for. He told me about how he went straight to work at a factory when he was 18 years old. At that time that was just what everyone did. He managed to get a good paying... »

What a wonderful time to be alive. We are lucky enough to have so many conveniences that our grandparents would have never considered possible. I am striving towards a simple life. I don’t watch much TV, my car is 11 years old, and I never even consider eating anything that is handed to me... »

“You can never get enough enough of what you don’t need to make you happy” ~ Eric Hoffer The national average income has quadrupled since 1960 but surveys show that Americans are less happy than before. We as a society have been under the perception that more money made us happy. If only we could... »

“Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.” Dr. Seuss I took a couple days off from posting because I just wasn’t inspired. I began wondering if there was really a value in these posts. I have always believed there was and I have... »

Yesterday morning my daughter woke me up and hour too early, it was cold and snowy, and I had a flat tire while taking the kids to school.  BUT, I had an awesome day. I took my wife out for coffee at a cute little coffee shop, worked for a couple of hours, spent the... »

“If your time to you is worth savin’, then you better start swimmin’ or you’ll sink like a stone for the times they are a-changin’ ” Bob Dylan These powerful words from Bob Dylan were just as true in 1963 when his song was rising up the charts as they are today. The world is always... »

“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. “~Martin Luther King, Jr. Today we honor Martin Luther King, Jr. A truly honorable man who accomplished so much through hard work, determination, confidence, and focus on a noble cause. I will not begin to touch on his importance to civil rights or American History.  Martin... »