photo by LabGP & SigOther
I’ve been watching my 2 year old niece over the last few days while my sister is recovering from giving birth. My niece and my 4 year old son play very nicely together, but at the end of the day I still get a little tired. And on Friday I discovered […]

photo by DavidDennis
So many of us, myself included, get caught up in life. We move from one thing to another, doing all the things we think we “should” do or have to do. And we never stop to think that there might be another, more pleasurable way, to skin that cat in front of us.
What […]

photo by Heather Garland
Want to show that special someone how much you love him or her? If so, then check out my latest article over at Dumb Little Man that lists 50 fun ideas.
As a side note, I wrote this article on a complete whim and it ended up becoming very popular on Digg. There were lots […]

Many of us have the fleeting dream of living a simple life. That fantasy floats through our mind and just as it arrives, it floats out.
Stop putting off that dream. The idea is to start small and begin living the life of your dreams little by little. Read how in my article at Dumb […]

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Waiting is the bane of modern living. Whether waiting in line, at the doctor’s office, for a baby to be delivered, for Christmas, for a phone call, for 5pm on Friday, or whatever, waiting drives us mad. But does it have to be that way? Well it depends on your perspective, circumstances, and how […]

A Little Story About Dreams and Fear
The other day I was driving down the road thinking of one of my dreams. I started to ask God to help make it come true, and then I stopped myself. I thought, “I have everything I need already. I don’t want to ask for more.” And then it […]

Don’t just go for the same old, same old on Thanksgiving, vegging on the couch watching football and parades all day. Instead create some treasured memories with these easy and fun things to do with your family on this special day.
Check out these great ideas over at Dumb Little Man:
20 Fun Things You Can Do […]

Do you keep going back to the same well for creative inspiration? Could you use a new muse to spark your creativity anew?
If so, then please check out this guest article at Dumb Little Man today:
50 Creativity Muses to Court for Fresh Ideas
Please Share!
What’s your favorite muse for creative inspiration? All comments […]

In college I took a course on Zen Buddhism. I really loved it because it taught me to think of things from a different perspective.
One of the lessons that struck a chord in me was a meditation on “Such.â€? In a nutshell, the meditation calls upon you think of things as just “such,â€? simply for […]

Slow and Steady
(Video Below!)
Many of the things we work on in our lives require steady work or improvements daily. And this kind of progress can yield great results. Slow and steady wins the race, right? Well, yes and no.
It’s also important every now and then to take a step that amounts to a quantum leap. […]