My Very Favorite Week of the Year

My Very Favorite Week of the Year

This is my very favorite week of the year. Not because of a holiday or a milestone, but because the gym empties out. The machines are suddenly available. No one is queuing. No loud conversations echoing across the floor. The noise drops away. What remains are the...
About That Lie You Tell

About That Lie You Tell

I want to talk with you about that lie that you tell. That one you tell all the time. To yourself; to anyone who will listen. That soothing lie. That seductive pernicious one. The one that goes like this: There’s time. That there will be time to go on that trip...
Life Is What Happens

Life Is What Happens

By the end of January, something familiar happens. The calendar is no longer fresh. The adrenaline of a new year has worn off. Reality has shown up. Bills. Emails. Family needs. Client demands. Life, doing what life does. John Lennon said it simply: Life is what...
What Do You Really Want?

What Do You Really Want?

Hope deferred makes the heart sick,but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life. Proverbs 13:12 How are you today? I hope you’ve woken up rested, refreshed and satisfied as your holiday celebrations draw to a close. But if, instead, you’re feeling dazed and depleted and...
We Have The Gym Back

We Have The Gym Back

The gym was packed in the first week of January. Every treadmill taken.Weights clanking.Bikes whirling. Resolutions were on full display. By the second week, a few people disappeared.By the third, more empty spaces.Now, in the first week of February, it’s back to the...