Life Lessons

A wise mentor challenged me to identify strategic life lessons. Here is my first draft. Please help me refine and improve it. *Don’t lose what’s priceless to obtain what money can buy. *Everything worthwhile is hard to earn: freedom, honor, love, great marriage,...

Whom do you admire?

I once saw a greeting card that said, “We need heroes because they draw us on to become better versions of ourselves.” Heroes and heroines inspire us, but they aren’t perfect. They all have flaws. They get hungry and lonely, they need sleep, and make mistakes. Like...

Naive optimist over 50?

Were you a naïve optimist when you were young? I’m using “naïve” here in the sense of “innocent” or “unsophisticated.” It’s easy to be a naïve optimist when you’re young. You don’t know much of the world, and you haven’t had time to have many plans that crumbled when...
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