“With all due respect” is a really great phrase that warns you an insult is coming. Coincidentally, using this phrase means the other person thinks the only respect you deserve is equivalent to the respect they give trash. Respect, in general, seems to be a word that is misunderstood. If you ask … [Read more...]
We are Allowed Our Emotions
Last week my second daughter was born two and a half weeks early. I’m not a fan of early birds. They don’t get the worm; early birds get angry neighbors yelling they’re trying to sleep. Here’s a fun aside. With my first daughter, she was born at the perfect time that allowed me to announce on … [Read more...]
Know When to Let People Help
Here’s a question: Do you make more friends doing a favor or asking a favor? I’ll come back to this in a moment. I remember years and years (and years and years) ago, I was at little league baseball game watching a friend play – why? I have no idea. We had made plans to have a sleepover that … [Read more...]
Are You Hearing Things Right?
One problem that often pops its head in couples’ therapy is someone not “hearing” what the other person is saying. The person is “listening,” but they don’t “hear” it right. Does that make sense? (See what I did there?) Sometimes we assume we know what the other person is saying without actually … [Read more...]
God is Terrifying
If you’re like me, you have at one time or another considered God to be like the gentle grandpa who always has a gentle word that fixes the problem because nothing fazes Him and because He’s so “loving,” everyone except Hitler goes to heaven. Unfortunately, that’s not God at all! If you read the … [Read more...]
A Letter to Myself for When I Turn 50 (in ten years)
Please Note: The following is the letter I’ll be reading again when I’m 50. Writing this letter was a helpful exercise to reflect on how I’ve grown over the last decade. I highly recommend you do something similar; you could even write a letter to yourself for when the COVID-19 virus is done. I … [Read more...]
Beware of the BUT
I’ve always been a “but” guy and never really knew it until recently. (And yes, I meant it to be with one “t” because I’m talking about the “but” and not the “butt.” I’ve never been a “butt” guy. Even when I was young and single, I wasn’t a “butt” guy; I was more of “hot girl” guy. I didn’t like … [Read more...]
Slow to Launch or Not Likely to Launch
After my wife and I were engaged, her one aunt went to her privately and asked, “Are you sure you want to marry Chad when he doesn’t have his life together?” Why do I know this? Because my wife told me something that should’ve been kept private. Fortunately, she didn’t tell me about this until … [Read more...]
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