Our Thirty Seconds is a journey on which we are both passenger and pilot. We make hopeful choices every moment of every day, some more noteworthy than others. Ultimately these choices fill our Thirty Seconds...

[Sometimes I think it's cheap to post other peoples stuff in place of my own thoughts...but I'm making an exception to that rule.  At least for today.]
My best friend sent me this today.  I love it because I find myself getting sucked into petty dramas lately.  They have little do with the the direction of [...]

We LOVE quotes and affirmations, don’t we?  Facebook and Twitter are dripping with them.  I have a stockpile of sayings that I use for guidance and reassurance when I’m having a tough day…but I thought it might be interesting to come up with my own.
I hope I don’t lose reader’s because of some of these…but [...]

I’ve been sitting here reading blogs from all over the world…trying to see how I stack up.  I thought I was a decent writer, but there are so many great writers out there I’m not exactly sure anymore.  I happened upon a couple of realizations as I was peeking in on other bloggers lives, and they aren’t pretty.
One of Many
First [...]

I was doing that thinking thing this morning after I woke up. You know that type of thinking, right? It’s after you wake up…when you plan out your day…plot your revenge…put off going to the bathroom…and you’re happy about this or sad about that.
Anyhow, I had this thought: It’s a good thing breathing [...]