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Do you know what you’re passionate about Cosmic Reader? I know mine… well, at least the current ones. Some have stayed with me for years, some fade away, and some are added. For example: when I was teaching in college I was passionate about what I was teaching and what I hoped the students would […]

Do you know what your mission is Cosmic Reader? We all have one you know, whether or not we’ve discovered it yet. A mission goes beyond work, it goes beyond family though either/both can be involved as part of your mission.Does the mission change? Good question. My personal opinion is that the only way it

If you were walking my Katie (Scottish Terrier) you wouldn’t have any other option but to stop and smell the roses. Katie never discovered a blade of grass she didn’t like. She was forever smelling the flowers and whatever else was her fancy. Granted an argument could be made that she was merely sniffing where

Whoever is responsible for that quote needs to rethink. Blithely going through life willy nilly is so … irrational.Ignorance is not a blissful state, it can be quite frustrating and always incomplete. To me, choosing ignorance is a cop out … and yes, there are those who would choose not knowing since it gives them

Big word, responsible. It carries with it a definition with very ‘heavy’ implications. One can’t lightly use the word nor ignore it.I’ve always believed that you are responsible for what you know. One really can’t un-know something one knows. You can try and ignore it or conveniently put it in the back of your closet

Putting down in black and white what it is you think, what you believe forces you to acknowledge precisely. Seeing what you believe is more powerful than just ‘thinking’ it, which is why I always recommend you write this down as a basis for review. Remember, what it is you are saying doesn’t have to

I’ve always liked this Frost poem and can easily picture a path coming to a fork with, at least, two choices of directions. Where I might differ from others is that my view is that you can ALWAYS change your direction if you find you’ve not made your best choice. My suggestion is to never

Have you ever thought about what motivates you to do… or to not do, something? What are your core value(s), the ‘why’ of what you do and speak that is challenged, threatened, or affirmed – the how and what of your response?Simplistically, motivators can be good, bad, healthy, self destructive, self serving or selfless and

Well Cosmic Reader, I’m about to enter into my next great adventure… RETIREMENT. It didn’t take the first time so we’ll see what happens. I had attempted retiring some years ago but hadn’t prepared for what that meant. This time I hope I’m a bit more … prepared? organized?Retirement means all sorts of things for

I really do love the theatre whether that’s movies or live theatre. I’m sure there are those that would never put the two words in the same sentence, I do because I really enjoy the… ok, escapism. For a few hours I can sit back and merely appreciate what I’m watching. Duly note the word,