Category Archives: Significant Life Happenings

7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Preface)

I’m going to begin a series of 7 posts, but the habits you find here will be different than those found in Stephen Covey’s book. I am sharing these habits from personal life experience. I guess that means I’m calling myself a highly effective person. Maybe I am, maybe I’m not. I’ll let other people be theContinue reading “7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Preface)”

Sunset Discussions

Often times, we go through life without taking time for reflection. In my estimation, reflection is an integral part of life. We have to reflect. Otherwise, life doesn’t make sense. It’s just a jumbled mess, a hodge-podge of random happenings. There is no rhyme, no reason. Before dusk yesterday, my wife and I took our dog on aContinue reading “Sunset Discussions”

34 (Part 6)

Thirty-four hours, in a packed car, with a large dog in the passenger seat. That was the setting. That was my solitary confinement. I know I said I was getting sick of telling you about my drive, and I was. But I feel like I should share one last thing. Thirty-four hours in solitary confinement leads to aContinue reading “34 (Part 6)”

34 (Part 5)

So you’re probably sick of hearing about my drive by now. I am too. So let me sum up the last day in this way: Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, and Illinois all look the same. They’re part of the infamous Corn Belt, Great Plains, Midwest, etc. I’ve known this from geography class and from growing upContinue reading “34 (Part 5)”

34 (Part 4)

I slept at a Pilot Gas Station. Five hours worth. Maybe six. When I woke up, two things caught my attention. First, Gideon had stolen my blankets. Second, mountains stood all around; and, on top of the mountains was snow. No wonder I was cold and couldn’t sleep! As I began my second day ofContinue reading “34 (Part 4)”

34 (Part 3)

I didn’t plan to bash NASA in my last post. I just happened to experience something in the next leg of my journey that reminded me of NASA. Mentioning these space gurus simply provided a good segue. Speaking of segues, I was crossing the border into Idaho. As I was driving, I saw a trainContinue reading “34 (Part 3)”