deepthoughts
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Choose Your Hard
What is the last thing you learned? I had always believed that being alone was a valid choice. Not building a home was just as valid as being in a relationship and starting a family. My wish to be alone… Continue reading
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You Grow With Every Failure
How has a failure, or apparent failure, set you up for later success? Maintaining the right attitude is essential, because in life you never truly lose: you either win or you learn. What we often label as failure is, in… Continue reading
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Life, Death and Other Teachers
What experiences in life helped you grow the most? There are tough experiences in life that make us see things differently. They force us to change course and guide our steps toward better paths. A broken heart, bankruptcy, the life… Continue reading
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No Destiny, But Unfinished Business
Do you believe in fate/destiny? This is the same cliche question that generations have asked themselves since forever. Some people think that the events in our lives are already predetermined. They believe that our life is like a book someone… Continue reading
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Mirror
If you could be someone else for a day, who would you be, and why? At 50 years old, I have no interest in being anyone else—living or dead, real or imaginary. When I first read this question, my immediate… Continue reading
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Impossible
If you could permanently ban a word from general usage, which one would it be? Why? Words exist to give names to things, whether they are good or bad. Some words exist in one language to describe something that, in… Continue reading
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An Angel Waiting To Be Called
What is the biggest challenge you will face in the next six months? My dear grandmother is 100 years old, and each new day for her is a gift. We, as a family, face every day the wondering if this… Continue reading
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Be Smart
What advice would you give to your teenage self? If I could go back in time and give some advice to my teenage self, I think it would be the next: Continue reading
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Not One, But Two
Share one of the best gifts you’ve ever received. I don’t believe there is a father who doesn’t think that the greatest gift we can get is our children. Watching them grow from the time they barely fit in our… Continue reading
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Financial Freedom
Write about your approach to budgeting. I believe that financial management and budgeting should be a mandatory subject in schools. Many adults only learn to manage their finances correctly later in life, or through severe setbacks that affect their personal… Continue reading









