Thirty Seconds

   I know a guy who once told me that “it’s easier to be sad.”  (Than happy.)  I was at a pivotal juncture shortly after we found out my wife’s cancer had spread from her bones to her brain.  It was a complete surprise to me, and I was reeling with confusion, disbelief, angst, and [...]

I have more than a few people ask me what Thirty Seconds is about.  I used to explain it quickly by saying, “I feel like when we look back over our lives all those weeks, months and years will seem like they went by in about :30 seconds.”   OK…great…big deal.  We all know that [...]

I had the most incredible conversation with my wife this morning.  (As many of you know she has terminal breast cancer.)  Unlike me…she doesn’t talk all that much…but she says a helluva’ lot when she does. “I’ve been watching commercials on TV and they’re starting to get to me,” she said. I tried to figure out which [...]

“Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.” – Sydney J. Harris I don’t care what you’re going through right now…or what you aren’t happy about…or how bleak things appear.  Don’t waste another bit of your :30 seconds living [...]

We’ve all got about :30 seconds here in this life.  That’s my theory…that’s why I have this blog.  I have to put my money where my mouth is…now more than ever.  I will not look back on this particular time in my life with regret.  That’s my hope anyhow.  And that is why I am making [...]

[NOTE: For any of the following to make sense I need to tell you what I believe God is about.  I believe God is an observer...not a singular being...and not engaged in our lives the way we want to believe he/she/it is.  That is the subject of a different post...but not this one.] I am [...]