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...

This is all happening at once isn’t it?  This life we have here on earth isn’t unfolding…it’s all happening in a single moment.
I’ll try to explain what I mean but may not pull it off.  I was looking at my gut…which I don’t like very much.  It’s not completely out of hand but a bit [...]

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 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 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 [...]

One of the “gifts” that comes from living with incurable cancer is that you really and completely “get” how short life is.  Not just “a” life…buy my life.  As in, “The guy without the cancer has a short time on earth too.”  I get it…I feel it…I’m experiencing it…and I’m not afraid of that reality.  There [...]