by snowmantherapy | Nov 12, 2019 | Thoughts
I hate getting to the movies on time. Why? Because being on time is actually arriving way too early. It means sitting through interminable numbers of coming attractions while eating most of my popcorn before the show starts. Obviously, I’m a...
by snowmantherapy | Sep 24, 2019 | Thoughts
Appreciate life even if it’s not perfect. Happiness is not fulfillment of what we wish for but an appreciation of what we have. Unless my reader has clear roots with Germany, this seldom seen word in today’s title may be foreign to you. Gestalt is a German word that...
by snowmantherapy | Sep 10, 2019 | Thoughts
A lot of people have gone farther than they thought they could because someone else thought they could. – Anonymous By now, most of my readers are familiar with this author’s metaphor of the “snowman.” It is my representation that all human endeavor flows from...
by snowmantherapy | Jul 16, 2019 | Thoughts
As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world… as in being able to remake ourselves. – Mahatma Gandhi OUR ADMIRABLE NEIGHBOR I had the opportunity to meet one of my neighbors, Jack, today. He...
by snowmantherapy | May 21, 2019 | Thoughts
The art of giving advice is to make the recipient believe s/he thought of it him/herself. Tygre Many years ago, I was a high school basketball coach. Like most of my peers, I spent much of my game time yelling at referees. On a continuum ranging from docile to Bobby...
by snowmantherapy | May 7, 2019 | Thoughts
The failed pessimist shrinks from his deficits while the successful optimist expands upon his assets. John V. Farrar The sports world was agog (at least for one day) with the news that Magic Johnson abruptly resigned as the president of the NBA Los Angeles Lakers,...