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...

I didn’t grieve.  I spent this past year avoiding sadness…attending to stuff and people instead.  I wrote a bunch…formed new friendships…lost others…found my heart and lost it again.  I thought I discovered the fast track through grieving (I hate that word) but I found out I’m not special at all.  I’m on my knees again…feeling [...]

As far as I’ve been able to tell we build an image of ourselves…a character…and fight like crazy to develop a storyline around what we hope we are…or want to become.  We choose our jobs, friends, lovers, clothes, cars, drink of choice, schools, hair styles, silverware, cologne…nearly every thing with an unconscious desire to create [...]

We can be heroes.  All of us.  We can and should start looking at ourselves that way.  It’s not reserved for the famous because to those in our circle…our children…family…friends…co-workers…people in need…we can be heroes.
Great acts do not have to be on the covers of magazines for them to make an impact.  From where I’m [...]

I’m not a afraid of being afraid anymore.  I respect fear…and it’s time I make friends with it because I don’t think it’s trying to hurt me…I think it’s here to help me.  We’ve all heard that the only thing to fear is fear itself.  Yeah…I don’t believe that anymore.  I think the only thing [...]

I see something now that I didn’t before and I hope I say it right.  We…people…freak out when our story doesn’t go the way we want it to.  Our inner child kicks and screams and yells, “It’s not fair!” when the inevitable twist in the road shows up.  Sometimes it’s more like a sink hole [...]