I was watching a podcast recently and one of the questions was “what was the first album you ever bought”. It was a question that got me thinking because the first album I ever bought had a funny story behind it. I went to the market and went music store to music store looking for …
I have written severally about how lucky I was to get really early starts into some of the things that define me today. Writing, reading, computers, public speaking, etc. As I randomly thought about those starts, I also began to see the misses as well. Take computers for example. I got a really early start …
I find that so many people don’t understand the way life works. Not that anyone does, life is so complex and dynamic that it’d be hard for one person to fully understand the gamut of life. When you think of hard times, who’s going to be there for you? It’s not an easy question to …
Here’s my football love story. In one take. Football has been the one true love of my life. I fell in love with this game more than 26 years ago. As a child, the one gift I always wanted was a soccer ball. I’d play with kids, I’d play with my dog and I’d play …
There are always two sides to a story and statistics have shown that most often than not, the side you pick and believe to be true is usually not the correct one. In fact, most of the things you hold strongly to in your life as truths are most likely lies. If I ask you …
The best way to review the year I have had is to come back 10 years later. Depending on how events unfold in the next decade, the year could turn out to be either my best year yet or the worst. Whatever happens though, I know I asked God for a sign this year and …
Some quick thoughts… I have noticed that there are two main pillars in marriage – the good days and the bad days. All marriages revolve around these two pillars, with no in-betweens. The mistake (I think) most people make is that they focus on reducing the frequency of the bad days and increasing the frequency …
2020 is a rather convoluted year that will live long in history. A lot seemed to happen across all spheres of life; so many firsts, and sadly, so many lasts too. Liverpool won the English Premier League title for the first time in 30 years. We saw a quasi-abdication from the British Throne. Donald Trump …