I spilled coffee on my keyboard because I was looking at the truck that I have been coveting drive by. I used one finger to communicate to other drivers last week on the road about how I felt their skill level was at changing lanes, and it was not the ‘you are number one’ finger.…

You are lied to everyday. There are many words for lies like fib or stretching the truth that seek to minimize the false, deceitful nature of a lie. There are other words for lies that maximize damage like propaganda, defamation or perjury. Lies put you in danger of losing the truth. And if you lose…

Picture in your mind a funeral. There are flowers in a church or funeral home. There are acquittances, friends and family gathered. Many words of grief are expressed, and many memories shared of the one now separated from the living. These are all things you see at a funeral, but I want you to picture…

It seems like you spend your whole life waiting. You wait for Halloween just to get to Thanksgiving, just to get to Christmas, etc. You wait to grow up, to go to school, to graduate, to move out, to get the dream job, to get married, to have kids, to retire and then the waiting…

The times they lived in were chaotic. They lived at a time when there were wars between nations, there was corruption with churches influencing governments and governments influencing churches, famines, shortages, earthquakes, natural disasters, and diseases. Obviously, I must be talking about the people who lived at the time of Martin Luther, since today is…

Right now, it is a seller’s market in the real estate world. If you have a home that you want to sell, you are happy because it is likely to sell above asking price. On the other hand, if you are in the market for a home, you are frustrated because the prices are so…

Last week, Elon Musk tweeted a silver medal emoji to Jeff Bezos. Both men are among the richest in the world with billions to their names, but one still has more than the other. You might expect the wealthiest in the world to be overcome by their greed and the need to have the most…

Many awkward situations have resulted from keeping separated from one another to try to prevent the spread of the virus. I have noticed people talking over one another and interrupting one another in face-to-face conversations, as if they had forgotten the regular rhythm of listening and responding. I have also noticed two people bumping into…

Yesterday, there were multiple competitions in downtown Rockwall. There was a BBQ contest featuring awards for the best brisket and pulled pork. There was also a 10k, 5k and fun run with prizes for the best times. As I walked around, I saw a lot of joy on faces dripping from plates loaded with smoked…

You can learn a lot from reading books. Books can give you great understanding, but they may not be able to give you wisdom. If you are walking down the street with your head in a book gaining knowledge from each new sentence, but lacking the wisdom to look up, then you might not see…