I believe the universe sends us messages and it’s our job to figure out what they mean. Recently, I was on my way to work and there was a truck in front of me that was from an oil recycling business, and it had logos and other information on the sides of the truck and […]
i love my life, life, love, Messages, universe
When I was a little kid and my mother was making coffee in a coffee pot, she would count out loud the number of scoops that she was putting in to match the number of cups she wanted, but she would always add an extra scoop at the end, and she would say,” and one […]
mother, one for the pot, story
The other day on a mailbox that’s right outside my office, I noticed someone had put a key on top of the mailbox. I imagine that it was dropped somewhere in the area and this person picked it up, and put it on top of the mailbox, trying to be helpful. It brings up two […]
lost, lost and found
There is not a week that goes by in my life that I don’t think about something a teacher throughout my life had told me or taught me about something. More often than not, quite honestly, it’s something that I learned from them about succeeding in life, not necessarily something about geometry. I have over […]
gratitude, teach, teachers, thank you, thankful
The other day, I went into a bank and there was a counter at the entrance where there was a greeter who asked me why I was there. I explained what I wanted to do and he said, “I can help you with that.” And I thought, great. He said, “Do you have a cellphone?” […]
bank, customer service, process, story
In a commencement speech given by the wonderful author David Foster Wallace, he begins by telling a story about two young fish who are swimming along, when an older fish passes them and says, “Morning, how’s the water?” As they swim by, one of the younger fish turns to the other and says, “What the […]
david foster wallace, fish, fish story, parable
A friend recently recommended an article called “17 Ways to be More Positive” and one of the early tips on that list that caught my eye, was to do something nice for someone else. The author was pinning the reason for that on some supposed research or evidence that the good feelings we get from […]
article, kindness, nice, positive
The other day, I was checking out at a supermarket and the cashier was talking to somebody next to them who was stocking a shelf. That might explain why when I handed them a $20 bill, they weren’t really paying attention, and shoved a credit card machine towards me, until they realized I wasn’t holding […]
cash, grocery store, money, multitasking
A quotation I read recently was from John Barrymore, the actor, and it was “happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn’t know you left open.” It captures so many awesome things about the surprise of happiness coming into our lives, but also through something that we did, by leaving that door open. It […]
happiness, john barrymore, open door
