In songwriter Garrett Hedlund’s Timing is Everything the simple act of holding the door to help a stranger get out of the rain leads to an exchange of names, and then true love.
How did you chance to meet colleagues, friends, or lovers who became game-changers in your life?
Think back about Timing is Everything and share forward!
Getting up early can be hard for some, while sleeping late can feel almost sinfully pleasurable.
But waking before the sunrise can open a window to a different world! Many of us can be most creative in our thinking and expertise in those early morning hours; while others may feel the need to get all the sleep we can.
Does age factor into this? Does anticipation about what the day ahead may bring? Are you an early riser or a lie-abed?
Statisticians tell us that 50% of marriages end in divorce, and that 80% of divorcees remarry. And unsurprisingly divorce is considered among the top five most impactful events in people's lives.
Have you divorced? Are you a child of divorce or the parent of a divorcee? If you divorced or experienced divorce through family or friends, how did it change the lives involved? What followed? Solitude? A rebound affair? Remarriage?
“Question Authority” — this succinct slogan became popular in the 1970s around the time of Watergate, but challenges to power date back to Socrates’ time. Standing up to authority begins early. As kids we confront parents, teachers, and bullies. Later we chafe against constraints on adolescent curiosity and exuberance. As adults we may confront the contradictions and abuses of state power.
How did you first question authority? Do you question it today? Are your authority challenges different now then in your younger days? Or do you find fallacies in the notion of questioning authorithy?
How did you transition from the wired to the wireless age? Was it hard to give up your landline? (Or have you kept yours?) What was your first cell phone experience like? Remember the "bag phones"? And how is streaming working for you?
On your desktop or laptop computer, how was the transition from the dial-up ethernet cord to wi-fi? Did you have to snake a long cord across the room from your phone jack and dial in to the server?
Ever wish you didn't have so many cords plugged in just to keep the wireless age charged up?
“I could have been another minute late … “.
Getting up early can be hard for some, while sleeping late can feel almost sinfully pleasurable.
Statisticians tell us that 50% of marriages end in divorce, and that 80% of divorcees remarry. And unsurprisingly divorce is considered among the top five most impactful events in people's lives.
“Question Authority” — this succinct slogan became popular in the 1970s around the time of Watergate, but challenges to power date back to Socrates’ time. Standing up to authority begins early. As kids we confront parents, teachers, and bullies. Later we chafe against constraints on adolescent curiosity and exuberance. As adults we may confront the contradictions and abuses of state power.
How did you transition from the wired to the wireless age? Was it hard to give up your landline? (Or have you kept yours?) What was your first cell phone experience like? Remember the "bag phones"? And how is streaming working for you?