Archive for the ‘Conflicts’ Category

Why are YOU Here?

Monday, December 15th, 2008

Many of us – at least those around here – live our lives in relative peace.  We have enough food, a nice enough home, a car or some other reliable means of transportation,  we don’t worry too much about our safety and walk about life daily in relative security, and we are …  well … […]

Killing Me Softly With His Song

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

Killing Me Softly With His Song… I had a call late tonight.  It was a friend who had been reading some of my reflections and she was concerned.  She said some of the more recent ones hit remarkably close to home with her.  She said it was so close that she wondered if I were […]

Fireproof

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008

“Fireproof” I was thinking of a friend early this morning.  He recently had a pace maker put in and for some reason I had him on my mind when I woke up this morning so I got up and wrote him an early morning e-mail at five.  We exchanged e-mails and then he sent me […]

The “Credit Score” Approach to Relationships

Sunday, October 5th, 2008

These days, a good credit score is essential.  Credit scores: affect interest rates you can get on car loans, credit cards and home loans.   establish how you pay your bills on time show how much you owe others identify the way you use your credit explain the kind of mix you have in credit […]

Imperfections

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

Imperfections…we see them all the time.  We all have them.  With reality television these days, millions of people can see mistakes happen instantly.  There was a man this past week on Dancing With the Stars – where an arm weakened in the middle of a dance routine and an injury disabled him.Then there was a […]