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Day 59: “Satisfy Yourself” (Original Poem)

Posted on August 30, 2022

Selfishness gets a bad rap in our society. It is often associated with greedy, injustice, or cruelty to others. Like many things, it is viewed in extreme forms. Yet to me, that…

Day 58: Call Me the Tortoise. I Don’t Mind.

Posted on August 29, 2022

Yesterday I wrote about how, over time, by continually investing a portion of what you earn, you can grow your money machine to the point where someday in the future it will…

Day 57: Your Personal Mount Everest

Posted on August 28, 2022

As I wrote a few days ago, there are many wonderful insights in Tony Robbins’ “Money: Master the Game.” Yet at its core, its message is essentially the same message repeated time…

Day 56: What Are You Giving Air Time To?

Posted on August 27, 2022

I have been studying the Law of Attraction for awhile, especially through the teachings of Abraham. It has convinced me now more than ever how much your focus determines your experience in…

Day 55: “The Satisfaction Machine” (Original Music)

Posted on August 26, 2022

One of the joys of being an artist is when a piece seems to just come through you, as if by magic. As if, perhaps, it was waiting in the ether and…

Day 54: Tony Robbins’ Fabulous “Money: Master the Game”

Posted on August 25, 2022

I’ve been re-reading (re-re-re-reading is more like it) Tony Robbins’ “Money: Master the Game.” As always, I appreciate its fine messages and am grateful that it came into my life. Since reading…

Day 53: The Unexpected Gem that is “Top Gun: Maverick”

Posted on August 24, 2022

Note: I originally wrote this movie review back in May, a month before I re-started this blog. I didn’t know it was going to be huge hit, I just knew I loved…

Day 52: The Gift that Keeps on Giving

Posted on August 23, 2022

As I have mentioned a few times recently (here and here), one of the cool things about doing daily blogging again is re-reading older posts. Today I am thinking in particular about…

Day 51: Making the Shift from Speed to Endurance

Posted on August 22, 2022

My marathon journey has required me to shift from focusing on speed to focusing on endurance, which, as my running coach Jeff Galloway says, is what the marathon is primarily about. For…

Day 50: Sunday Chill-Day after a Long Run

Posted on August 21, 2022

It is 10:30am on a Sunday morning, and I am sitting up in bed writing in my journal. On my dresser to the left are an empty bowl with a spoon and…

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