Making Love Last

The “Secrets” to 20 Years of Marriage

Last week my wife and I celebrated our 20th Wedding Anniversary! How in the world can that be? In some ways it feels like it was yesterday that we said “I Do” and in other ways I feel the miles we have traveled together.

My wife is a Disney nut (I kind of like it too!) and she has always wanted to go on a Disney Cruise. It seemed like the perfect splurge to celebrate our special milestone.

The Honor You Bring to Your Job

The Love Behind Your Work

Do you enjoy your job? Do you look forward to going to it every morning? Are you a TGIF type of person or a TGIM (Thank God it’s Monday) type of person?

I meet a lot of people who endure their job rather than enjoying it. Some of these same people believe there must be a job out there that doesn’t feel like work. They’ve heard the old maxim, “Find something you love to do and you’ll never work another day in your life.”

Too Much of a Good Thing

What's Your Goal on Social Media?

Have you ever eaten too much of a good thing? So much so that it made you sick? I remember one Halloween in particular…because Halloween is national junk food day. And this particular one my kids had nothing but junk food. They had a party at school complete with cupcakes and candy. We went out to Friendly’s and they had a milkshake. We did the Halloween Parade our church puts on with the town and they had hotdogs, popcorn, and of course, as fast as they were filling up their bag with candy from trick or treating they were eating it. I had no idea how much junk food they really had.

But in the middle of the night…I found out pretty quickly…one child vomited it all over their room, their sheets, the floors, and the walls. After they covered their room they left a trail all the way to the bathroom. I don’t think anything actually made it into the toilet.

The Slushy Mess

Lift Your Eyes a Little Higher

The other morning I woke up to a couple extra inches of snow which isn’t unusual in New York. After I had finished clearing the snow, I asked my wife if she wanted to go for a walk around the block.

Fresh snowfalls are beautiful as they blanket the landscape with a sense of purity. The scene is something every Christmas card and movie tries to capture.

Create More Than You Consume

It seems like everyone wants to label you and me a consumer. Economists, politicians, and corporations seem to think our greatest contribution to society is our ability to consume.

The impression we’re left with is the only thing we have to offer the world is our purchasing power. In fact, there seems to be an expectation that our duty is to go out and spend $$ each weekend so our economy keeps humming along.

Social Media Is Making You Unhappy

What Happens to Your Soul After a Scroll

Has this ever happened to you? You wake up a little later than normal so you’re rushing to get off to work. The morning is filled with back-to-back meetings. You look up and it’s lunch time so you take a moment to grab a cup of coffee and realized you haven’t checked social media today.

While you’re drinking a cup of coffee you scroll through your feed and see what your “friends” have posted. The more you scroll the more you start to feel a general sense of unhappiness.

Emotional Control

What wrecks your mornings getting your kids off to school? What causes most of the fights between you and your significant other? What always gets in the way between you and your boss? What keeps you from eating right or exercising? What causes your friendships to drift?

What do these seemingly different scenarios have in common?