by snowmantherapy | Apr 23, 2019 | Thoughts
The easy way to learn is from others’ mistakes. The hard way is from your own mistakes. The tragic way is not learning from either. Zahoor Most great literature involves some form of tragedy. While Shakespeare also wrote brilliant comedies, his finest work typically...
by snowmantherapy | Mar 27, 2019 | Thoughts
We don’t get what we deserve. We get what we believe we deserve. Don Cooper I’ve always been struck by the phrase that is encapsulated in today’s title. We often hear it used in a negative way, as “The bad guy got what he deserved.” as he was arrested, or caught, or...
by snowmantherapy | Mar 12, 2019 | Thoughts
The only time you should ever look back is to see how far you’ve come. After watching a few re-runs of an old courtroom series, “The Practice,” my wife and I speculated upon my career choice, going back many years. As a college student and young adult, I always...
by snowmantherapy | Feb 12, 2019 | Thoughts
Don’t bury your failures; let them inspire you. -Kiyosaki In 1729, Jonathon Swift established a new genre of writing with his straightforward satirical piece, “A Modest Proposal.” In it, he deadpanned a solution to the economic hardship visited upon the Irish as a...
by snowmantherapy | Jan 29, 2019 | Feelings, Thoughts
“It’s not your blue blood, your pedigree, or your college degree. It’s what you do with your life that counts.” ― Millard Fuller What’s Your Pedigree? Every first Saturday in May, more than a dozen thoroughbred horses “go to the post” in the Kentucky...
by snowmantherapy | Dec 11, 2018 | Thoughts
Sometimes memories sneak out of my eyes and roll down my cheeks. The Times of My Life Who is Paul Anka? My guess is that I’ve stumped my “under age 40 or 50” readers while my generational peer group may be wondering why I evoked a name from their musical past. For...
