Here’s to the Fact That the World is Mad About You
“Here’s to the fact that world is mad about you. I want you to have it all.” – an excerpt from the song Have It All by Jason Mraz These words feel different today, in a world that really seems to be going mad. People are so divided that even those...
You Don’t Need Money, You Got A Free Pass
“You don’t need money, you got a free pass” – an excerpt from the song Have It All by Jason Mraz I just spent the morning writing a lot about money and materialism, but I’m scrapping all of that. Because the message here is and should be simple. The most important...
Here’s to the Good Times We’re Gonna Have
“Here’s to the good times we’re gonna have” – an excerpt from the song Have It All by Jason Mraz The funny thing about human beings is that no matter how wonderful our lives might be, we get used to it. We are always looking for something better. We are always...
A Month of Mays: May We Question Our Logic
Here in the U.S., we’re reeling from yet another devastating mass shooting at an elementary school. And the more we learn about what happened, the more the story defies common logic. It just doesn’t make sense that an 18-year-old with a troubled past was able to purchase 2 rifles...
A Month of Mays: May We Recognize Our Capacity for Violence
If we’re discussing the topic of bullying, there’s another very important factor that we need to acknowledge, and that’s our capacity for violence. It’s a trait that we don’t like to admit that we have, especially to ourselves. That’s why I think it’s so important to take a deeper look...
A Month of Mays: May We Acknowledge Our Ignorance
One of the insults many people seem to enjoy hurling at each other is about how ignorant they think the other person is. This seems to be universal. It apparently doesn’t matter which culture you come from, and it also starts young. I certainly remember being called “馬鹿” when...
A Month of Mays: May We Recognize the Lies We Tell Ourselves
Nobody likes being lied to. When we find out that someone has been telling us lies, our egos take a hit. We feel stupid for believing the lies. Or we feel offended that this person couldn’t trust us with the truth. It’s not a good feeling, to say the...