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...

[Very short because I promise I continue to write, "This Trip..." but sometimes I just need to do a quick blog post.]

I noticed something yet again:  I’m more of an observer of this life…than a creator of this life.  (Ironic that I observed that, isn’t it?)
I’ve been reacting to events…instead of consciously taking action to [...]

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 [...]

Just  a little something I’ve noticed that is probably so ubiquitous it doesn’t even phase us anymore.  Complaining and not doing. It’s rampant.
I’m getting irritated by the number of people who complain about the hardships of life…why certain things aren’t their fault…if only “this” had happened instead of “that”…the unfairness of it all.  I do it [...]

I was listening to “Landslide” by Fleetwood Mac today.  It’s a memory song for me because there was a time I couldn’t hear without crying my eyes out.  Laura used to listen to it shortly after diagnosis when I was at my lowest…and it just plain hurt to hear it.  I didn’t have that reaction [...]

Phase II: Designing the Symbol
Many of you don’t know I’m in the jewelry business.   This is material only because we are going to produce Thirty Seconds “Pay It Forward” symbol that we can wear to remind us to be cool to other people…and to show the rest of the world that we’re part of the [...]