Whenever we meet someone the first question is invariably: “what about the kids school?” more…

We Americans talk a lot about freedom. Believing ourselves to be uniquely free to think and act. More…

The stronger the wind, the stronger the trees.
The hotter the fire, the stronger the steel.
The most difficult paths lead to the best views.
Out of suffering emerge the strongest souls.

These sayings, and the many more like them, are the mantras to American life.

The irony is we typically use them to pump ourselves up to make more money, so we can by more creature comforts, and make our lives easier, which will – if we truly believe in the sayings in the first place – make us weaker.

Interesting…

Even the briefest examination of our lives reveals one BIG element we all share. More…

Without fail the first question we get when we meet someone is: “What are you doing for the kids education?” More…

“G’Day… Mick Dundee from “Straulia.”

A couple of years back we all sat outside in a remote desert camp with a friend, who has a large flat panel tv he can attach to the outside of his RV, and watched Crocodile Dundee. More…

We like to think of our lives as a journey that has some serious purpose at it’s end. “Success”, or retirement, or heaven, or… More…

If you think you’re going to just hand your eighteen year old the keys to their life and it’s all gonna somehow magically work out… More…

Almost everyone I meet is worried about the future. At what point did we start thinking about life as something that is supposed to be secure? More…