Blog Posts

Short accounts of things that have happened, thoughts I have had, quirky things about me, or other quirps in my adventurous life.

Personal Blog

Short accounts of things that have happened, thoughts I have had, quirky things about me, or other quirps in my adventurous life.

Suit Up and Show Up

It is important to show up for meetings and adding the ‘Suit up’ part emphasizes having a level of discipline, commitment and respect for others.

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Civilization CTP

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Civilization: Call to Power is a turn-based strategy game developed by Activision for Microsoft Windows as an attempt to capitalize on the success of the Civilization computer games by Sid

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Losing the Bait

This is a story from childhood that involves a simple mistake that led to a lifelong regret. My parents were good friends with another couple,

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Drum Lessons

When I was 10 years old my father asked me and my brother if we wanted to take music lessons. I had taken piano lessons

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My Childhood Jobs

One of my first jobs was working for the corner fabric store, ‘Passmores.’ My job was to go each morning before school and lower the

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Dystopia

One of my favourite themes for books and movies involves a dystopia. Definition: “…an imagined state or society in which there is great suffering or

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Ever Learning

Maybe you have heard the expression: “Ever learning and never coming to the knowledge of the truth.” I seem to be the epitome of an

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Hong Kong

When I went to Taiwan with my family our intention was to be missionaries in China. The plan was to land in Taipei, Taiwan where

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Serenity Prayer

Some of you may be familiar with the Serenity Prayer: God grant me theSerenity to accept the things I cannot change,Courage to change the things

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Remembering Names

Something that I have struggled with my whole life is remembering names, especially of people I meet. This past couple of years I have made

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Exceptionality

I am Another concept relates to being ‘exceptional.’ I always have a big problem with this and it is part of my cognitive behavior. For

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Expectations

There is a slogan from Dr. Low of Recovery International that we learn as part of out cognitive behavior training (CBT) that states, “Lower your

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