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“I believe that people generally want to be what we call good. They want to cooperate with people. They don’t want to steal; they don’t want to cheat. But everybody has a price. Everybody has an incentive.” -Stephen J. Dubner, co-author Freakonomics “Follow the money.” -Deep Throat (played by Hal Holbrook) giving advice to BobContinue reading “Incentives”

TroubleTrouble, trouble, trouble, troubleTrouble been doggin’ my soulSince the day I was born WorryWorry, worry, worry, worryWorry just will not seem to leaveMy mind alone TroubleOh, trouble, trouble, trouble, troubleFeels like every time I get back on my feetShe come around and knock me down again WorryOh, worry, worry, worry, worrySometimes I swear it feelsContinue reading “Trouble”

“Persistence and endurance will make you omnipotent.” –Casey Neistat “Action expresses priorities.” -Gandhi Who doesn’t enjoy a good acronym? Inspired by my favorite action hero (Can you name the movie and scene depicted above?), here’s one for you and it’s the secret sauce to accomplishing anything you care about… Love what you do. (Notice IContinue reading “L.E.A.P.”

Love, love me doYou know I love youI’ll always be trueSo please, love me doWhoa-oh, love me do -The Beatles, song “Love Me Do” “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” -Arthur Ashe Instead of “do what you love” as Confucius once supposedly advised, instead “love what you do.” AsContinue reading “Love What You Do”

Picasso was at a Paris market when an admirer approached and asked if he could do a quick sketch on a paper napkin for her. Picasso politely agreed, promptly created a drawing, and handed back the napkin — but not before asking for a million Francs. The lady was shocked: “How can you ask forContinue reading “Forty Years?”

“Joy is the happiness that does not depend on what happens.” -Brother David Steindl-rast “Joy for humans lies in human actions. Human actions: Kindness to others, contempt for the senses, the interrogation of appearances, observations of nature and events in nature.” -Marcus Aurelius, Meditations In the film Tender Mercies (one of my all-time favorites), RobertContinue reading “Don’t Trust Happiness”

“As Martin Landau described it, Strasberg’s approach to emotion was to ‘find it, express it, then suppress it…find the emotion, and then find a way to allow it out, and then hold it back the way the character would, and if stuff leaks out that’s what’s supposed to happen.” -book, “The Method: How The TwentiethContinue reading “Feel. Then Conceal.”

“You’ll never have that kind of relationship in a world where you’re afraid to take the first step because all you see is every negative thing 10 miles down the road.” -Sean Maguire’s (played by Robin Williams) advice to Will Hunting (played by Matt Damon) in the film Good Will Hunting Yes, our definition ofContinue reading “What If It Does Work?”

“Suffering is whenever we realize we’re not in control.” -Richard Rohr, The Naked Now: Learning To see As The Mystics See “Compassion is our capacity to relate in a tender and sympathetic way to what we perceive. Instead of resisting our feelings of fear or grief, we embrace our pain with the kindness of aContinue reading “Suffering And Compassion”

“Time is not the sun going up and down. It is not a clock. It is not a calendar. Time is an eroding, infinite mystery. Time is, in fact, a son of a bitch.” -Preston Jones, playwright (Hat tip to my friend Summer for inspiring this post during during last night’s discussion of the playContinue reading “Moments And Meanings”