In the wonderful movie, The Princess Bride, the character Wesley is thought to be dead, and people close to him bring him to Miracle Max, played by Billy Crystal, who examines Wesley’s body and announces much to their surprise that he’s only mostly dead, which is still a little alive. It’s a wonderful metaphor to […]
alive, metaphor, princess bride
On a group video meeting the other day, one colleague noticed that another had a Christmas tree in the corner of her office that was fully decorated. It was well past Christmas, and she told us that the tree is up in her office all year, and she seasonally changes out the decorations on it. […]
christmas, christmas tree, Joy, tree
Our office telephone number is one digit away from two physicians’ offices, and we often get calls and voicemail messages from people who have medical questions or want prescription refills. I always talk to those folks when they call, and I always return the messages when they’re left on my voicemail because I think it’s […]
call, phone, phone call, wrong number
Barnes and Noble had opened a new bookstore in Center City, Philadelphia and it’s part of a plan to open 30 new bookstores. The interesting thing about the design of this store, and the company’s new direction, is to focus more on book things that are important to people in the local areas, where the […]
barnes and nobles, book, books, read
In a business journal published by the Wharton School, they looked back at two studies that had to do with whether money can buy happiness. And in looking back and reconsidering the data that was there, the takeaway was that if somebody is already happy, more money can make them happier and if somebody is […]
happiness, job, wharton
I was looking up a quotation in a book called “How Shall I Say It” for a piece that I was writing and when I opened this book up, I realized it had belonged to my grandfather, and the author of the book had written an inscription to my grandfather in here. The author, Ross […]
book, keep smiling, ross stover, smile, temple, temple university
In the wonderful musical, The King and I, there is a scene where the king is despairing about all these big issues that he has to grapple with and kind of potentially make decisions about, and he sort of throws up his hands because all of this to him is what he calls a puzzlement. […]
Decisions, puzzle, puzzlement, scene, the king and i
The other day, I had the opportunity to see a concert that featured a string quartet and a piano playing wonderful classical music. What I didn’t realize until after the concert when I walked over to where the musicians were, was that on their music stands instead of sheet music, there were tablets, and on […]
concert, concert hall, new, old, Technology, violin
On a personal finance podcast I listened to, a caller was seeking advice because they were looking for a house and not finding it in the geographical area where they were looking. As the host asked a few questions, it became apparent that the person had very, very specific things they were looking for in […]
choices, metaphor, slow, snail
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