Monday 5 Things…..Thankful….. Driving back from a place called Uvalda, Georgia this week, I decided to pull over and take in the setting sun over a field of cotton that had yet to be harvested. A stressful week slowly began…
Monday 5 Things…..On Productivity….. A couple of Monday’s ago, M5T considered how we use our time. We all share the constraint of having only 24 hours (or 86,400 seconds) in the day and I am constantly looking for ways to…
Monday 5 Things…..On Remembrance & Veterans Day….. Today M5T extends a heartfelt thank you on both sides of the border to celebrate the valor and selflessness of those men and women who have fought for and served their countries, to those who…
Monday 5 Things…..86,400….. Over 4 years ago, your scribe took a look at this number. With only 56 days left to double 20’s, I took some time to revisit and revise a M5T for this most important numeral. I really…
Monday 5 Things…..Nip It In The Bud….. Until I was 12 years old, we had a black and white TV that had a whopping two channels; a few more if I was able to wiggle the antenna for UHF channels…
Monday 5 Things….. Singularity….. For the past couple of years, I have flirted with a woman. At times wanting her close, recognizing what she could add to my life. Other times, I have pushed her away in fear, ignoring her;…
Monday 5 Things…..Of Thankfulness, Turkey and Discovery….. I wrap up this week’s M5T on the eve of Canadian Thanksgiving and US Columbus Day. Two days that invoke thankfulness, the wonder and audacity of exploring and discovery, and for today, in…
Monday 5 Things…..Moments….. It’s been a hectic few weeks again of travel. The kind of hectic that often leads to melancholic thoughts. As I sip some wine in the hotel lounge overlooking Buckhead condos and office buildings, I have been…
Monday 5 Things…..Patience….. Last week I had the privilege of photographing Tibetan monks as they created a sand mandala in Savannah. It was a humbling experience on a number of levels. Peace, persecution and patience were three powerful words that…
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Monday 5 Things…..Flight Paths….. Last week M5T looked at five types of people that impact your life. As I dodged and weaved around people at MIA, finding slight solace in the Delta lounge, and then playing the, “can I get…
Monday 5 Things…..Five V’s in Three Letters….. Gordon McDonald wrote two books that impacted my life. The first was ‘Ordering Your Private World” – that book taught me the difference between being driven or called in life. The second book,…
Monday 5 Things…..Laboring….. Labor Day has been celebrated in the US since 1882 and was made a national holiday in 1894 to unify union workers and celebrate the accomplishments of workers across the nation. North of the 49th parallel, Canadians…
Monday 5 Things…..Super Powers….. Waiting for the red-eye from SJC back to ATL, I smiled as the young boy zipped around the Delta Sky Lounge with his cape pretending to fly. When I asked him who he was, he stopped,…
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Monday 5 Things….. Stop….. I was looking at picture I took a few years ago that had a stop sign behind a beautiful Ferrari. For whatever reason, I fixated on that sign and got thinking about things that we should…
Monday 5 Things…..To Boldly Go….. Unless you have been living under a rock, on a deserted island, or possibly on Pluto, you could not have missed that this past Saturday marked the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. We…
Monday 5 Things…..Give….. So much of life seems to be built on the idiom of “give and take.” Last week, M5T discussed things to “take” in life. It seemed to be appropriate this week to consider things we all have the propensity…
Monday 5 Things…..Take….. A leisurely, lazy Sunday brunch. The kind of brunch that leaves one properly caffeinated, appropriately mimosa-ed (if there is such a word) and well fed. The kind of brunch that frames a day of taking time to just…
Monday 5 Things…..Two Birthdays….. The two countries who share the largest unprotected border in the world celebrate their birthdays this week. Today Canada turns 152 and on Thursday this week the U.S. turns 243. Once again on this birthday week,…
Monday 5 Things…..Life’s Mysteries….. I found myself thinking about life’s mysteries this past week and came across a quote from distinguished professor and theologian, Henri Nouwen: “The mystery of one man is too immense and too profound to be explained…
Monday 5 Things…..Can’t Coexist….. On a conference call this week with a CEO and investors, we discussed a few things that can’t coexist. This morning’s M5T takes a closer look at emotions and states of our lives that can be…
