It’s no secret to those who know me closely; I love my hometown – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Growing up in a suburb of the Steel City, fond memories are part of the fabric of my life. Today I digress from any talk of the Pirates, Steelers, or Penguins. There will be no talk of such […]
Although the current social distancing recommendations are meant to keep us physically apart, you and I have more things in common than is evident on the surface during our collective separation. Over the course of the past month, the world in which we live has been turned on its head. Stay at home directives are […]
The use of words is fascinating at times as we make attempts to describe certain actions or phenomena in our efforts to communicate ideas. For example, there was a time where not many would have entertained the idea of using a word we refer to as googling. On the surface it sounds weird. Googling, by […]
In my last blog post, I affirmed the following as it pertains to life as we now know it due to the current set of events with the epicenter referred to as the coronavirus. “I personally believe a giant, reset button is being pressed and we would be wise to ponder our personal and […]
Unless you have been living deep in the woods with no form of communication or media, this has been quite a week for most of us. The week has been dominated with the news of the coronavirus and its domino effect on the economy, fear of the unknown, and a more than general state of […]
The ball has long dropped, the hoopla surrounding New Year’s Eve is now over, and the start of a New Year and decade has begun. The ship called 2020 has set sail. ABC News introduced its longtime newsmagazine, 20/20, in 1978. For some of us this is a lifetime ago! As the old year gave […]
The greatest treasures are those buried deep inside where the process of mining brings to the surface something of great value. For some time now, I have repeatedly voiced a simple prayer, “Lord, allow joy to be more present in my life.” Most specifically I am asking for His joy, the kind of joy as […]
In the world of endurance sports, identifying mileposts is crucial to one’s success and the ability to complete the journey ahead. As a cyclist, my ability to navigate longer distances rests in audibly negotiating with my body and talking myself into making it to the next milepost.
Sometimes
it goes as planned. Sometimes it does not.
As I stood in the grassy area by the side of the highway with
heavy traffic racing by, the prevailing thought in my mind was there
has to be a lesson in this.
Earlier this spring the thought entered my mind and a desire
arose inside of me to complete a century ride, cycling-speak for pedaling one hundred miles in one outing.
In the classic movie, The Wizard of Oz, the character of Dorothy desperately utters, “There’s no place like home. There’s no place like home.” in order to alleviate the sensation of feeling lost from her stranger-than-life dream induced by a bump on the head. It’s also cliché to say, home is where the heart is. […]