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...

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 [...]

This is something new…that has sort of been happening without my knowing…showing that good things can come out of bleak situations.  This is an introduction to a project that is being launched as we speak.  There will be much more information coming because I can’t seem to write it all out without it becoming a [...]

I went clothes shopping yesterday.  It’s the first time I’ve gone shopping for myself in a long, long time.  Laura used to buy everything for me.  I was too cheap to get stuff for myself…unless you count the occasional band T-shirt, stupid hat or power suit. (Do people still wear power suits?  They’re probably not [...]

[I was looking at some files on our old computer and found something I wrote about 2 years ago.  It reminded me why I started Thirty Seconds in the first place.  So...if you've ever wondered...well...here you go.  As usual...unedited.  I think it would take away from what I was feeling at the time...even though it's [...]

We have one life, you and I.  One crazy, short parcel of time to live a life we are fortunate enough to have.  If I was one of those inspirational speaker guys I would say something like, “You need to live your life…or life will live you.”  You know that kind of thing, right?  Yeah…I’m not [...]