You have just been notified that your Aunt Minnie, a relative you didn’t know you had, died, and left you a million dollars. What will you do with it? A million thoughts enter your head to match the million dollars that will soon be yours. Again, what will you do with it? If you are like most people, you will think about paying off your bills, helping some members of your family, and buying a new car or boat or …
Anyone who was born in America before Columbus came here can technically be called an American; anyone who came here after Columbus discovered America can technically be called an immigrant. And that makes almost everyone in America an immigrant. So why all this fuss about immigration? We hear all these stories about illegal immigrants using our tax dollars for education, healthcare, etc., but if we didn’t deport immigrants and we had open borders, there wouldn’t be any illegal immigrants. So …
Did you ever think about something and laugh at your own thought because you thought it was so funny and then feel compelled to tell someone why you were laughing? Yep. Me, too. I had a weekly newspaper column and my column was fairly serious so the woman in the Circulation Department had never experienced my offbeat sense of humor. On this particular day, after I finished writing my column, I read my publisher’s column and saw that he was …
What no one wants to hear and everyone wants to talk about is their health. Many years ago, when finances were too tight to spend money eating out, I wanted to celebrate an occasion by going to a restaurant with a friend. We chose a medium-priced restaurant that had the look and feel of luxury and we expected to have a lovely dinner. This restaurant had small rooms that gave you the feeling that you were important enough to be …
Everyone has a guilty pleasure or two. Some even have more than one or two guilty pleasures, but I’ve never met anyone who didn’t have at least one guilty pleasure, even if it was only thinking about it. For me, it used to be chocolate hot fudge ice cream sundaes. Ah, yes, I can still remember those days when the whipped cream was piled high on top of the thick, hot fudge and the nuts sat on top of the …
I’ve never met a person who didn’t have an idea for an invention or a story waiting to be told. It’s like sitting on a gold mine and not digging for your treasure. You may tell yourself that you’ve never had one but think about all the things you think about, all the things you complain about or think about how you would improve upon any given situation. And there you have it. Those are the seeds that I’m talking …
I’ve been reading so much about companies hiring people 50 and older because they represent stability, experience, knowledge, and practical experience. They say that older workers have skills and essential knowledge of the business and they are retiring at the rate of 10,000 a day and that in five years, 70 million people will have left the workforce, taking with them the knowledge and experience that keep a company operational. That’s what the news stories say. On the other hand, …
I don’t think I have ever heard so many stories about miracles as I’ve heard in the last ten years. In fact, I could probably count them on one hand until recently. About forty years ago, a woman who had been diagnosed as completely paralyzed by every specialist in the county, and gone through every test available at the time, was the first time I witnessed a miracle. For all the years I knew her, she was dependent on her …
After speaking to many college graduates and reading many articles about career paths that college graduates are entering, one thing stands out above the rest. I haven’t heard one person say that the career they have chosen is something they feel passionate about. Instead, I hear them talk about an emerging industry or that the pay is good, or that the job market in those areas is good. What many people don’t realize is that the job market changes according …
In the fairy tale, Cinderella, the glass slipper was symbolic of a woman finding her Prince Charming who would cherish her forever, treat her like a princess, and support her in style. The glass slipper, since it didn’t fit on any other woman’s foot except Cinderella’s, was also symbolic of a woman who was so delicate and in need of protection, that this tiny glass slipper would only fit on her foot. This was the way many men looked at …