How Do You Build a Muscle?

It's not about exercise, I promise. I was thinking about this the other day while I was working out (Got a high school reunion coming up, dontcha know). The way you build muscle is to subject it to resistance. Of course, there are different ways of doing this. You can use weights, you can use … Continue reading How Do You Build a Muscle?

Life’s Little Alphabet – ‘K’ is for Knowledge

At some point in your life, you’ve probably heard someone say, “Knowledge is power.” But what exactly does that mean? Does knowledge give you super strength? Invisibility? Super speed? No, of course not. But then again, you knew it wasn’t any of those anyway. Well then, could you read a lot of books, take some … Continue reading Life’s Little Alphabet – ‘K’ is for Knowledge

Four Little Words That Will Change Your Life

Are you trying to make a change? Trying to chart a new course for your life? If so, tell me: What do you want to be? Now ask yourself one question: What are you? What are you? It may sound like an odd question, but how you answer it will play a large part in … Continue reading Four Little Words That Will Change Your Life

My Latest Project: Life 2.0

So, I took a bit of a detour in my writing. I had a title pop into my head, “Life 2.0.” As soon as the title started rattling around in my brain, I knew it would be a self-help book. Now, I’m not a self-help guru. My chosen genres are fantasy and science fiction. I’m … Continue reading My Latest Project: Life 2.0

Life’s Little Alphabet – ‘J’ is for Joy

Have you ever heard someone say that this thing or that thing, or doing this activity or that one, gives them joy? Would it surprise you very much to know that, technically, they’re wrong? I know what you must be thinking. How can I possibly know what gives another person joy? Well, it’s because, quite … Continue reading Life’s Little Alphabet – ‘J’ is for Joy

Life’s Little Alphabet – ‘I’ is for Imagine

Albert Einstein once said, “Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.” Or to put it more simply, imagination has been, and will be, the driving force behind every discovery … Continue reading Life’s Little Alphabet – ‘I’ is for Imagine

Life’s Little Alphabet – ‘H’ is for Help

Help. It’s such a small word, and yet it can have such a profound impact on our lives. How much of our lives have we depended on receiving help from others? For the first few years of our lives, we need help to do practically anything at all. Then, as we grow, we start learning … Continue reading Life’s Little Alphabet – ‘H’ is for Help

Life’s Little Alphabet – ‘G’ is for Gratitude

It just seems right that “gratitude” should rhyme with “attitude” since they almost always go hand in hand. They’re like BFFs. Where you find one, the other is almost sure to follow. Positive gratitude = positive attitude. Negative gratitude = negative attitude. Think about it. Think about any person you know who always seems to … Continue reading Life’s Little Alphabet – ‘G’ is for Gratitude