Isn’t it strange how we react to advice? A few weeks ago, I was out on a ride and a dude in jeans on a beat up old mountain bike pulled up next to me and said, “Totally unsolicited advice here, but that bike doesn’t look like it fits you very well.” “Really?” I was [...]
Dad would be celebrating today. He was horrified to see his brethren die on that tragic day when the towers collapsed. We talked in the days after the events of 9/11 about the job that the men of FDNY were doing. I could hear the pain in his voice. As a nation, we rallied around [...]
Real work requires effort. Real work is made of pitchforks and wheelbarrows. Axes and hammers. Real work is physical. Or, is it? I spent the morning laboring with a pitchfork and lawn and leaf bags. The work was physical, somewhat onerous, repetitive, slow and methodical. I was picking up leaves from the gutter that have been [...]
Does everything happen for a reason? Are you kidding me? Anyone why says this and means it is fooling themselves. They are trying to account for the fact that we have absolutely no control over ourselves or the world around us. We crave control, but in the end, life is completely random. People die for [...]
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