Most close friends know I look for signs from the universe to guide me. I wrote Cosmic Signposts to share what reinforced my belief in them, but I've felt compelled to write a follow-up post to share something I've learned.

If you want a steady stream of signs from the universe to help guide your decisions, my experience is this:

Parenting is hard. Really hard. By the time we have kids, most of us haven’t figured out what we want from our own lives after decades of trying. Yet, somehow we’re expected to figure out what this helpless stranger wants when…

Life is messy. We spend our time trying to organize the chaos into something recognizable, but messiness will always be part of it, especially when…

There are probably many people in your life who believe in your ability to succeed. Mom or dad or the significant other. But those individuals’ own lives consume the bulk of their time. They are too busy…

Does the world really need another post on meditation? Probably not. But there’s a reason it gets lots of…

Hate making mistakes? Me too. But unless you never attempt anything hard, making mistakes comes with living a full life. I've made a lot of them, but I'm lucky to have a daily reminder of the importance of being free to make those mistakes. It comes from…

Procrastination sucks. If one thing in life has slowed me down more than any other, it’s procrastination. It’s not as much an issue for activities I feel I must do, like earning a living or making an effort to stay healthy. But for those ambitious stretch goals I think will make…

For readers who know me only from the blog, my other life entails running an information technology firm that helps multi-billion dollar organizations make better software. If you’ve ever wanted to smack your forehead in frustration over a company’s glitch-ridden…

More people than you’d imagine harbor dreams of writing. I know this because when someone learns about my experience, I often hear a variation of…

How do you feel when you walk outside to a bright blue sky? Does it feel good? It does to me.

What if the day is dark, with rainclouds hanging low? Different feeling, right? I like it sometimes if…

I’ve been addicted to hunting shark teeth on beaches for a long time. The activity is meditative and helps clear the mind, at least until exhilaration spikes when I see the perfect tooth and…

If there is one activity that has vastly improved my life in multiple ways, it’s journaling. I’ve mentioned this to numerous people who’ve asked me for…

I sometimes envy people who travel the world with everything they own slung over their shoulders in a backpack. How carefree must it be to…

From the deck of our oceanfront rental, I watched my boys play in the sand. “Play” may be the wrong word. It looked more like work to me. Shovels and elbows moving in...

I drive through an old neighborhood on my way to the office and back every day. It’s the highlight of my commute because…

Watch the pennies and the dollars will take care of themselves.

My friend’s dad used to say that often. It sounds old-fashioned in this day and age. Most people used to…

Have you ever watched a movie that follows multiple characters over a period of time as they unknowingly weave in and out of each others lives? Then fate...

Pilots of small planes give thunderstorms a wide berth. Accidentally flying into a brewing system is feared by many aviators and I’m no exception. But in my...

Hundreds of years ago, remote communication on earth didn’t extend beyond smoke signals, drums in the night, or the written and spoken word traveling vast distances by ship, horse, or the lonely runner. If you had lived…

When I started training for my pilot license, I was amazed at how I felt after a flight ended. If I ever lifted off from...