So for a few weeks now I have been working with a free music notation software called Musescore. Initially, I started using it because some of my students are into it. I…
Month: April 2019
Day 269: Breathe in that Uncertainty
Where do “problems” originate? Are there actually any problems “out there” in the real world? Shakespeare said, “nothing is right or wrong, but thinking makes it so.” And I heard Wayne Dyer…
Day 268: Eyes looking forward…
Okay, so today is Day 268. That’s 267 prior days of me writing each and every day. I have written about topics as diverse as: recycling cans and bottles, running, Law of…
Day 267: Embracing the Wisdom of Uncertainty
In his book “The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success,” Deepak Chopra suggests that we embrace the idea of uncertainty, and that we factor it into our daily lives. As he writes, The…
Day 266: Pivot Your Way to Happiness!
So in the last couple of weeks, I’ve caught hold of this idea, direct from Abraham-Hicks, which they call pivoting. As I understand it, pivoting is a thought exercise that you do…
Day 265: Thoreau, Astute Nature Writer and Lover of Ponds
If you know much about Thoreau, you are may be used to thinking of him, as I have, as a reformist philosopher, the conscientious objector who sees through the flaws of society…
Day 264: “Desire” (original rhyme)
“Desire” (originally written 5/4/14) i have desire in me, to aim higher, a dream inside to create a pyre of blazing fire and raise it skyward in a flaming gyre to be…
Day 263: Think for Yourself!
In my continuing quest to master my own mind, I keep digging up (sometimes repeatedly) certain cosmic truths that seem to power the engine of personal happiness. One of those truths I…
Day 262: Birthday Manifesting Crash Course at the DMV
(photo credits: Charr Crail) So today is my birthday. Despite the odd smattering of mundane events that occurred, today has been rather cool. Allow me to elaborate: My wife and I got…
Day 261: “Liar’s Poker,” or Michael Lewis’ sojourn into Wall Street hell
I just finished reading Michael Lewis’s Liar’s Poker: Rising through the Wreckage on Wall Street. If you have seen any of the following movies–The Big Short, The Blind Side, or Moneyball— well,…