Think, Laugh, & Cry Each Day
Bill Gates famously dropped out of Harvard in 1975 to help found Microsoft, becoming one of the richest people in the world with a net worth of $114 billion. Following in his footsteps three decades later, Mark Zuckerberg quit school to found Facebook. Photo by Nathan Cowley on Pexels.com I'm thinking this week about Gates,... Continue Reading →
When I get frustrated with life, I like to remind myself: Stephen King received 30 rejections for his first novel, Carrie, before finally being published in 1974, and selling over a million copies in the first 12 months. Steven Spielberg was rejected three times to attend film school at the University of Southern California. He's... Continue Reading →
When I'd see Nate in the hall in my dorm or in the quad, he always had a smile for you. We had the same major and had a lot similar tastes. On paper, we should have been great friends. However, I learned my freshman year of college that I couldn't trust him. Nate had... Continue Reading →
The world can be a crazy place. Some times it helps to step back, close your eyes, and list out a few of the things you’re grateful for. Here’s what I’m grateful for the week of Dec. 29 - Jan. 4. What I'm grateful for: —Sleeping like a baby. I find anymore that so many... Continue Reading →
The Evil Queen in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs looks into the Magic Mirror and asks who's the fairest of them all. When the mirror identifies her young stepdaughter Snow White as the fairest, the shocked and jealous Queen tries to have her killed. I've never really liked the Evil Queen. I'm finding though... Continue Reading →
A new year is upon us. The Earth has completed one revolution of the sun and raises lot of questions for us all. Yes, the new year gives us a clean slate and a chance to push in new directions. Where will your 2025 take you? I don't have resolutions per se, but I do... Continue Reading →
The beauty of a New Year is that everyone gets to play Nostradamus and make their own predictions for the next year — no matter how crazy or off the wall. So, here's my predictions for 2025. I can feel it, these are a winner. —The flurry of stories about unidentified drones over New Jersey,... Continue Reading →
One Christmas many years ago, my wife and I struggled on what to get her parents. We wanted to give them something that showed our appreciation for being so kind to us throughout a busy year. We were starting to run out of time. I would ask my wife if she thought of something, she... Continue Reading →
Writing from the Heart with Brian 
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