Author: dempsey

What’s With The Weather?

Summer is making an appearance early this year in Seattle with blue skies and warm weather. I have been outside more than to just collect mail and run to my car, parked 20 feet...

Slow Or Stupid

Click here to Watch Movie! In life, you have to choose: black, gray, white, green. Rich, poor, comfortable, trailer trash. Nice, mean, tolerant, tedious. Life is always choices. You give attention to one, and let...

Last Tree is Cut…

Once the last tree is cut and the last river is poisoned, you will find that you cannot eat your money

When I Let Go

When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.                    Lao Tsu

No Pain, No Gain

The theory of no pain, no gain is stupid. I can’t make it any clearer, and yet, a lot of us grew up with that theory, and still subscribe to it.  “Work it until...

Not Realizing…..

Not realizing what you want is a problem of knowledge. Not pursuing what you want is a problem of motivation. Not achieving what you want is a problem of persistence. from Failing Forward,  John...

Stories We Tell Ourselves

This I believe to be true: the Titanic will not stay sunk, and the Russian Imperial Family will not stay dead. We love these stories. I finished reading THE ROMANOV’S, by Robert Massie, and...

When I Die

A life well lived should contain some fear along the way, but no regrets. Regret means that I didn’t quite get the concept of acceptance of myself, and let fear dominate my life. I don’t...

Where I’m going…….

I’m not sure where I’m going. I’ll lead.                                                    ...