“We’re not lost. We’re on an adventure.” It’s what I used to tell my Girl Scouts and friends when we were hiking, traveling, camping or were, well…lost. Lost is a state of mind, a temporary situation that occurs when you’re getting your bearings. There IS a way out of where you are, YOU just don’t know it yet. For instance, if I’m on my way to a new place I use my GPS so I don’t “get lost.” Getting lost simply means you don’t the way yet. Once a friend …

It’s been raining for almost two and a half days straight. No flooding potential, but it looked close to it last night as water came up to within four inches of the foundation. Rain was sporadic most of the day, giving everything time to drain, but it has started up again in earnest just now. I opened the door to let the dog out and the most wonderful smell came in with the mist of rain - woodsmoke. It’s 58 degrees, cool and rainy and time for the fires of …

Anger is scary. Especially if it is extreme anger–better known as rage.
Anger is saying to the jerk who cuts you off in traffic, “You freaking moron!” Rage is chasing him down and running him off the road with your car, or trying to. Or it’s following him into a parking lot then beating him up as he gets out of his car. It happens every day. Rage.
On the anger spectrum, annoyance is the least extreme, anger the mid-range and rage the ultimate extreme. Rage can’t be controlled by our thoughts. …

I’m pretty sure I’ve eaten waffles nude, and in a bathtub, or in bed, but never on a beach. Obviously there are enough people who do that a sign is needed to warn those who aren’t expecting nude waffle eaters along a path where most people don’t eat waffles, let alone eat them nude.
If someone were going to put up a sign in your life to warn you about some unexpected thing you might run into, what would your sign say?
Mine might say, “Traditional book agents and publishers waiting to …

In my TED talk three years ago I talked about “Hope,” and was thrilled today to discover that there is yet another company working to keep hope alive. Jedidiah is a humanitarian-based clothing company that wants to cultivate change, one garment at a time. Their mission is to use clothing sales as a way to provide care, support and financial resources to those in need.
Their clothing line is cool, hip, young and so are the people they’re helping. Jedidiah recently teamed up with one of my favorite organizations - Stand …