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Being Alone Means Being Nothing Special

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If that sounds nonsensical or illogical, consider how significant it would be if you were the only one taking a test, the only one running a race, the only candidate on the ballot. You wouldn’t be different from anyone else because there would be no one else with whom to be compared.

By virtue of that, you wouldn’t have any measure against which to be valued. Neither would you have any bragging rights or any other claim to fame because none of those rewards would be the least bit significant.

Like it or not, this is the kind of world … Read the rest “Being Alone Means Being Nothing Special”

No, You Aren’t Alone

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Most authors of columns such as this probably think of themselves as being merchants of knowledge — educating, informing, urging, enlightening, and in some cases, even offering support.

Aside from serving intellectual or uplifting mental food to the masses, however, they are prompted to keep it more personal, recognizing or describing small particles rather than chunks of this event we call life. 

At first, my only reason for creating the website was to inform people of my first book. Soon afterward, however, I recognized it as a chance to share with others much of what I’ve learned over the years as … Read the rest “No, You Aren’t Alone”

31 Days That Led To This Question

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A few minutes after midnight, my wife fell on the way to the bathroom. She wasn’t able to move her left leg without pain, so my only option was to call 911—a personal first.

Hospital staff confirmed the expected—a fractured hip requiring immediate surgery. After four days of recovery in the hospital, she would then be moved to a rehabilitation facility for an extended stay.

Not until after I had returned to the now eerily quiet house shortly before daybreak was I able to think through what had happened in such a short time and try to get my arms … Read the rest “31 Days That Led To This Question”