I stepped out of the office and picked up my sister’s call. When she answered, I could tell from her voice that something was off.  She...

Forty minutes before the train departed, I arrived at the Sacramento Valley Station. Everything online told me thirty minutes or less was...

Are you here or in your head today? At least once this week, you left work feeling overwhelmed. If you want me to tell you that stress is...

What if you only had ten more days to live? Would you concern yourself with Trump's lies, Justice Thomas' ethics, Kendrick Lamar and...

Picture yourself picking up carry-out food after work on a Friday evening at a local restaurant. Got it? By getting it, I mean the image,...

How do you continue to practice gratitude after the yams, greens and house guests are gone? Regardless of Thanksgiving’s troublesome...

Let me test your Old English language skills. "Be not as one that hath ten thousand years to live," writes Marcus Aurelius in the...

If I asked you about your birthplace, how would you describe it to me? Does your city, town, village, or neighborhood have a reputation?...

What is paradise? Do you think of beautiful weather, good food, and great company? Perhaps, your religious or spiritual values take you...

What's the difference between the spirit and the soul? If you’re looking for a precise answer to this question, prepare for...

Fingertips of water caressed the sand before returning to the sea. We stood out of reach on the shoreline and watched the waves move in...

In Marcus Aurelius’s book, Meditations, he wrote, "what we do now echoes in eternity. Waste no more time arguing about what a good man...

“There are these two young fish swimming along, and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says,...

How quick are you to judge? How long does it take you to create a story about someone after meeting them? I like to believe that I don’t...

Have you watched the Netflix series Squid Game? After hearing numerous reports on why to watch it, I decided to see what the hype was all...

Last Friday, we lost the hip-hop icon Biz Markie. At age 57, he passed away from health challenges related to a history of type 2...

How can you make the most of this Friday? Around the world, Christians recognize the life and death of Jesus Christ on this Good Friday....

I remember watching NBA games at my friend Brandon’s house. He was #teamkobe, and I respected LeBron's game. Although I wasn't a fan of...

In 2019 I began my classes with one question. I asked my students, “if you could have any superhuman strength, what would it be and why?”...

You can't hurt me. Although the title of David Goggins' book is, "Can't Hurt Me: Master the Mind and Defy the Odds," it is a far stretch...