Feel good now. I was about to fail my black belt test. It was the end of a two-and-a-half-hour workout.I was exhausted.I had done countless push-ups, jumping jacks and squats.I had been drilled on every form and every move I’d learned for the past ten years. All I had to do to earn my black…
Month: December 2025
The Bandit, the Oni & the Secret of Changing Your Story
Feel good now. “That’s a magnificent sword,” I said to the man with the sword. “I’m partial to it,” he admitted, squinting down the blade at me with a weather-faced grin. We were standing on a deserted stretch of road in the Tai Po forest between Kiori and Ad Bhajjan. The man with the sword…
The Forgotten Ending of The Frog Prince (And What It Teaches Us About Life)
The frog hit the brick wall.SPLAT! And then…with a shimmer of magic in the air…the frog transformed into a handsome prince. Did you know that’s the original ending of The Frog Prince? Truly.Terrifying. But it makes you think: How often do we believe that getting upset, throwing up our hands, or (sometimes literally) throwing something…
The Man Who Died Three Times and the Wisdom He Shared
“I’ve died three times in my life…” My eyebrows shot straight up my forehead. I was sitting on a bench behind the funeral home in West Virginia.The weathered man in front of me was my Uncle Tom. We were gathered for my grandmother Mary Anne’s funeral service and, as is always the case with big…