View From Here: Good and Decent People

View From Here: Good and Decent People: That is a phrase stated by Michelle Obama on Tuesday, July 25 th while in Denver giving a speech to a women’s group. She had been asked w...

View From Here: Looking Forward

View From Here: Looking Forward: No more blaming. No more faulting. Just focusing on issues that matter. How to handle those issues? Here’s a quick primer: First, l...

View From Here: Imagine This

View From Here: Imagine This: I am sitting in a quiet room, calm and peaceful. I am comfortable. I can feel my body sink into the cushions and be supported. The tension ...

View From Here: Postive Mental Attitude

View From Here: Postive Mental Attitude: PMA – positive mental attitude – has been around for many years. Napoleon Hill was a huge proponent, so was W. Clement Stone, Og Mandino, a...

View From Here: Chaos and Collapse?

View From Here: Chaos and Collapse?: It was not an auspicious start for Sean Spicer. Rather than announcing statements of fact he did so of fancy. Right off the starting block:...

View From Here: Pew Research Findings

View From Here: Pew Research Findings: Government doesn’t do everything. Some people think it does. Others tend to believe the first group that government is overstepping its aut...

View From Here: Investing in the Future

View From Here: Investing in the Future: Scary times today. Over and over again we read news accounts of budget impasses and program cuts. Again and again financial support is with...

View From Here: Future Development?

View From Here: Future Development?: Every now and then it pays to think about what can be. Not something we know for certain, but surmise it can happen. And then we should thi...

View From Here: Saying It's So Doesn’t Make It So!

View From Here: Saying It's So Doesn’t Make It So!: With the evident collapse of Mitch McConnell’s attempt to repeal and replace Obamacare, now we hear he will attempt to pass a bill that rep...

View From Here: Big Oil Awakens to Demand for Electric Vehicles

View From Here: Big Oil Awakens to Demand for Electric Vehicles: Well, where have they been? And no, this is not a threat to Big Oil. I’ve said this countless times before – the oil industry is not in...

View From Here: Folly and Fizzle

View From Here: Folly and Fizzle: The folly is the fun and games that entice us away from duty and chore. The fizzle is the promise the fun holds in store but never quite de...

View From Here: Getting Things Done

View From Here: Getting Things Done: You go to work and face another day of tasks, projects and long term goals yet unaddressed. The workload seems unbearable at times. The sam...

View From Here: Caring For One Another

View From Here: Caring For One Another: Throughout life we are asked to care for one another, even love one another. All the great religions have commanded their followers to love...

View From Here: Doing the Difficult

View From Here: Doing the Difficult: The man said he climbed Mount Everest simply because it was there. The woman demurred her artistry and merely said making the quilt was ea...

View From Here: Religious Freedom Myths

View From Here: Religious Freedom Myths: In America freedom of religion is misunderstood by many people. Religion is a very personal belief – more, a belief system. In America you...

View From Here: Memories

View From Here: Memories: I read a book the other day – Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale. Jarring challenge to reality it is. It was written in 1985 and publis...

View From Here: Value of Journaling

View From Here: Value of Journaling: This blog is my personal journal. It allows me to think about and reflect on matters that arise in daily living that may have longer term e...

View From Here: Trials of Technology

View From Here: Trials of Technology: Today’s topic is the source of much humor. Youth will wonder what the humor is about. Elders know intrinsically what the hullabaloo is. Tec...

View From Here: Political Footballs

View From Here: Political Footballs: Not literally, of course, but figuratively, politics kicks around a lot of ‘footballs.’ Healthcare is one; so is gun control; another i...

View From Here: Happy 4th of July!

View From Here: Happy 4th of July!: This is a day for picnics, parades, and gatherings of families and neighbors. It is a time to celebrate our nation’s independence from Engl...

View From Here: Toxic Personalities

View From Here: Toxic Personalities: No doubt you know a few people who are hard to be around. I’ve had my share. Being a gregarious sort of person, I attempt to connect with t...