As a kid, I grew up in Southern California. One of the things I looked forward to was taking a trip to my grandparent’s cabin located in the San Bernardino Mountains about three hours outside of Los Angeles. One trip in particular is seared in my memory. I was sitting...
There is a fascinating story behind the sculpting of the Statue of David by Michelangelo. Did you know that the Statue of David was made out of a flawed piece of marble? An earlier artist had begun work on it 25 years before, but soon quit stating the the marble was...
Think of the vastness of the universe with its trillions of galaxies, stars, planets, black holes and exploding energy. Then micro-size it down to this tiny planet called Earth. Even here, it's packed with billions of people, nations, governments, wars, and more...
Do you ever feel like you are scanning the horizon for an answer from God? I sure do! We live with so many uncertainties today that getting an answer from heaven is at a premium. What about my health problems...unemployment...financial worries...marriage...
Ever have days when you can't seem to shake off feeling discouraged by life's unrelenting problems? For some reason they seem to really crowd in during the midlife and beyond years. It's very common for marriage dissatisfaction to surface. Regrets and disappointments...
A hero is usually someone else. If asked about it, we’d probably say a hero demonstrates courage, rescues people, puts others ahead of themselves even to the point of risking their life. Most likely, our name wouldn’t be on the list. But is that a fair assessment?...
Instead of Mount McKinley or Mount Kilimanjaro, the mountains of midlife could be named Mount Regrets, Mount Marriage, Mount Finance, and Mount Health among others. These loom before us, threatening to block our path. Each represents a unique challenge that confronts...
In my book, The Best Is Yet to Be, a number of "mountains of midlife" are identified. One relates to finances. Midlifers are having to delay retirement due to the economic realities that started with the crash of 2008. 401K accounts took a huge hit and companies...