Monthly Archives: December 2010

How To Find True Happiness in 2011

In daylights, in sunsets In midnights, in cups of coffee In inches, in miles, in laughter, in strife In five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes How do you measure, a year in the life? Seasons of Love, RENT This … Continue reading

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How to Change Your World, Part 1: Your First, Last and Only Power

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; the courage to change what I can; and the wisdom to know the difference. The Serenity Prayer Are you the player? Or the pawn? Just how much power … Continue reading

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Phoenix Challenge 2: Skydive

Lach’s first law of living deep: if you can’t think about it at terminal velocity, it’s probably not that important. “Don’t hold onto my hands. I need my hands to deploy the parachute. If you hold onto my hands, I … Continue reading

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How to Avoid Death Bed Regrets

I went to the woods because I wanted to live deliberately; I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life; To put to rout all that was not life and not when I had come to … Continue reading

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