Catching A Dream

Catching A Dream

Catching a Dream Writing is the act of arranging and rearranging twenty-six letters to put words and ideas on a blank page – with somebpunctuation thrown in for emphasis. Your array of letters are at the ready in your virtual tool box. Your screen is a vision board...
Let the Birds Do the Talking

Let the Birds Do the Talking

I was in the Philippines in the 1980s when a group of Philippine friends took me to a magical place called Mt. Banahaw. One of themowned a small cabin at the foot of the mountain and we had a bite to eat and got ready for an evening climb. When the sun was setting, we...
Don’t Get Excited . . . You Might Be Disappointed

Don’t Get Excited . . . You Might Be Disappointed

We don’t know what’s going to happen. This is a loaded statement for any human being. We have trouble living in the “I don’t know.” So much so, we make up stories to fill in the void. But I’ve noticed that the stories I make up are almost always negative ones. I...
Red Light Green Light

Red Light Green Light

Red Light, Green Light I had a ghost writing client who was a highly successful motivational speaker. Her life seemed enviable. She had a recurring infomercial about transforming panic that constantly lured a huge audiences of followers and she had all the...
Should I or shouldn’t I?

Should I or shouldn’t I?

In the year, 2000, I wrote a book for a South African long-distance cycling champion, Johnny G, called “Romancing the Bicycle.” After a punishing race that lasted three thousand one hundred miles, he had a dream of creating an indoor training program that would...
Practice Living

Practice Living

I found an unusual article written by a reporter for Reuter’s Daily News. A few minutes before noon, a trio of Buddhist monks in their orange and red garb were headed to the Golden Arches. Not the gateway to heaven. They were on a break from the work they had...