talented without measure

talented without measure

You are talented without measure. Without measure, and don’t shake your head because if you are truly honest with yourself you’ll admit that most of the time you don’t give yourself a chance. You take a pass. You don’t think you’re quite good enough. You let other...
university almost broke me

university almost broke me

This is not a complaint or a poor me party. It’s an honest observation on higher education. Last weekend while cleaning up a few things I found an old box from my university days and discovered that I kept some of the essays I had written some twenty five years ago....
procrustes the stretcher

procrustes the stretcher

Procrustes was not a good man. He was the stretcher. Procrustes was the son of Poseidon, the mighty god of the seas, and he had an iron bed. He was very gracious in sharing and caring and made everyone suffer in it. But there was a problem. People came in all types of...

standards of measurement

  Our perverse desire to measure our lives, comes from a very deep sense of restlessness. It seems to come from the baser part of our human nature. Leaving us broken and defeated, while the victor, satisfied, for the moment at least, takes his bow. In time, the...