Saturday night was the beginning of daylight savings time – we move our clocks ahead one hour to gain an hour of daylight. One of the most common phrases people say every year is that “we lose an hour of sleep”.
However, if you go to bed an hour earlier, you’ll still lose an hour, but [...]

THE TEN CANNOTS
-Rev. William J.H. Boetcker (1916)
You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
You cannot help little men by tearing down big men.
You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.
You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.
You cannot establish sound security on [...]

Sometimes you need to think about what didn’t happen. When something bad happens to you, think about what didn’t go wrong, or how it could have been worse. It sounds a bit weird but let me give you an example.
After hitting the deer the other night, my wife and I starting talking about what could [...]

My wife and I are having our house painted, which, by the way, is not a fun way to spend money – welcome to adulthood and responsibility. We don’t plan on moving any time in the next few years so we’ve decided to take care of our investment, as well as make sure it’s somewhere [...]