Positive post Sunday, March 11, 2018- Week 56. Michele and I got an early start on spring cleaning and decided to tackle organizing our shelves in our garage (Truth be told, I decided it was time to organize the shelves!). While embarking on this multi-day effort, I found a container full of books that I…
Positive post Sunday, March 4, 2018- Week 55. Well, we are 18 days into Lent, almost ½ way to Easter Sunday. How is your Lenten journey going? Did you set goals for Lent, are you achieving them? Here are a few Lenten quotes and a suggested list of “What to Give Up” during Lent that…
Positive post Sunday., February 25, 2018- Week 54. Serving in the communities we live and work in is very important and critical for the sustainability of the quality of life we enjoy and should never take for granted. I personally believe that community service is a societal responsibility we all share, not an incumbrance or…
Positive post Sunday, February 18, 2018- Week 53. I can’t think of a better way to start my second year of positive posts than to write about friendship. Michele (my best friend) and I are blessed to have many great friends in our lives and I want to recognize two of our dearest friends, Kathy…
Positive post Sunday, February 11, 2018- Week 52. A full year of POSITIVE posts! I started these posts at the beginning of Lent last year only intending to write them during Lent, but family and friends encouraged me to continue. So, here I am a full year later writing my 52nd consecutive positive post. I’ve…
Positive post Sunday, February 4, 2018- Week 51. Today is Super Bowl Sunday and many people will be enjoying family and friends, having parties, overeating and drinking and may even watch the game, or at least the commercials. I prefer to look behind (or beyond) all the hype, media and politics and find those gems…
Positive post Sunday, January 28, 2018- Week 50. Dr. Rick Rigsby delivered an amazing motivational speech at the CSU Maritime Academy. It’s very entertaining, uplifting, insightful and inspiring and definitely worth watching all 10 minutes. He shares 5 simple, yet impactful, life lessons he learned from his father, a third grade dropout; 1) Don’t judge…
Positive post Sunday, January 21, 2018- Week 49. I just checked off one more item on my bucket list. Jeffrey, Patrick, and I shot my great great grandfather’s shotgun for the first time after having it fully restored. It had been sitting at my dad’s house for probably 50 years. I never thought we would…
Positive post Sunday, January 14, 2018- Week 48. Those that have been following my Positive post Sundays know that today’s post is the final leg of the Triangle of Life, Fitness. Most people think of fitness as only physical, yet mental fitness is equally important, especially in this high paced and often stressful world we…
Positive post Sunday, January 7, 2018- Week 47. As promised, this week’s post is focused on the second leg of the Triangle of Life, Family. As I continue to grow older and experience the many special and challenging moments in life, the material things become less important to me and time, especially time with…