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Resistance

Mr. Webster offers two alternatives for resistance:   The refusal to accept or comply The ability not to be affected   While there’s a bit of commonality in the above alternatives, their essence is much different.  In the first, there’s a sense...

Anchor

Two quite different things come to mind when I think of “anchor”.  The first is the concept of something that is holding you back while the second is something that is holding you in place.  What a difference “back” versus “in...

Counter

Counter intuitive.  Counter clockwise. Counter to popular opinion. When I think of counter, the word “against” comes to mind.  And when I think of “against” I think of conflict.  Which is probably why it’s so hard for most of us to go...

Rest

Today’s topic choice seemed particularly appropriate given that I’m taking a couple of days off to stretch a 3 day weekend to 5. It’s easy to get caught up in the day-to-day and focus on the next task at hand.  However, unless your to do list...

Friction

Today we’re going to have a lesson in physics!  Now don’t worry, I’m not going to make you write down any equations or challenge you to perform any experiments (except of course for the “standard” question experiment at the end of...

Irony

So the Rolling Stones provided some great insight when they shared “You can’t always get what you want” I’m snickering a bit as I write this, finding it incredibly ironic that I start today’s post on irony with another reference to...