Archive for July, 2008

When people you know see you, their brains react to the file they keep in their memory of who you are. Unfortunately, the negative words often direct people’s reactions to you before the positive ones. “There’s Jane,” says the brain. “She’s a smart, passionate driver who never lets up. Quick…hide behind the copy machine.”
Do you [...]

“The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars…” [...]

“…the only standard of perfection we have to meet is to be perfectly ourselves.” ~ Ann Wilson Schaef
No matter what we do and who we are, some people will think we are amazing and some will think we are assholes. This is especially true of high-achievers. We either bring out the best or worst in [...]

While volunteering for the Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Utah, my girlfriend and I were assigned to man who oversaw a room of cats. We thought he was a little odd. However, once he saw that we were serious about caring for the cats, he opened up to us.
He had been a drifter before he [...]