Dadzooka
I have a theory that the first, genuine human friendship was forged over a musical collaboration. I think two cave people were coworkers. They’d just finished a hard day of mammoth hunting and were reaping the rewards of a full belly around a fire beneath a sea of stars. One of them sat, transfixed, staring deep into the fire’s soul.
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There are, I believe two tricks to living a happy life. The first is to possess gratitude; to appreciate how truly blessed that you are (and you always are.) The second, which is the harder bit, is to courageously embrace the challenges that your future holds. These things are at odds because to embrace the first leads to naturally fearing
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Forget everything you think you know about human behaviour. For an honest assessment, watch a group of kids at play. This weekend we celebrated our middle son’s eighth birthday by taking him, his brothers and some of his friends ice skating. This was a great and obvious plan for a winter birthday, save for one exception. None of the kids
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This kid of mine… A capacity for love is perhaps the most underrated strength that we value. This kid of mine, my youngest, is a true hero of love. It’s a thing that I suppose comes with being the “baby” of a family. There is no one to compete with in his small world, only those to idolize. His spirit,
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Mostly, kids are dumb. It’s not their fault, they haven’t had the opportunity to learn as much as we have. One distinct advantage to that however is that they haven’t had the opportunity to be ruined by this cold, cruel world of ours. So call it wisdom or call it good timing but there are lessons to be learned from
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At the bottom of the Bighorn Basin, just North of the Windriver Canyon and near the wedding of the waters lies the town of Thermoplis, Wyoming. It’s one of the many hidden gems in a state where the beauty is rugged and must be earned. Here lives a dad who is a fly fishing guide by day, chef by night
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There is greatness in this life and I see it every day. I see it the eyes of the the first time mother, still trying to capture the full scope of the love in her heart. I see it in the dirt underneath the father’s fingernails, having toiled away to provide for his family. I see it in the wrinkles
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It starts with a smile, an introduction and a pair of googly eyes. Two hearts beating a little faster than usual and and a shared connection that transcends any interaction you’ve ever had which fills you up inside like a balloon that might just float away into the sunset. It’s real and it’s powerful and while it’s the only thing
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I am thinking about death, but only because I am thinking about life. What concerns me most is not that final voyage into the unknown which is somewhere on each of our to do lists but rather it is the thousand deaths we die before our moment is truly upon us. I’m talking about the fear in our minds and
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I was in an Air Emergency Transport Jet flying above a thunderstorm from Wyoming to Denver. Delirium had nearly set in after being up for over 36 hours and I was still trying to wrap my head around the fact that the tiny human with all the tubes and wires hanging off of him in the incubator in front of me was my son. This
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