Author Archives: TonyPotter

I saw a bumper sticker today that said, “I only live for today”. After my eye stopped twitching from the nervous tic that developed from the thought of only living for today, I started to think about that concept. I am not sure it is possible to only live for today. We eat, sleep, work,Continue reading “Live for Today”

The other day I tripped walking in my yard. I didn’t fall, and I don’t think anyone saw me, but I still felt like a dolt. While ruminating on that adventure, and being thankful I did not fall into a pile of Hercules’ (Graham’s dog) leavings, I thought about balance and how it governs myContinue reading “Mindfulness”

Lately I have been going to yoga. Well, the way I do it “yoga” is charitable, but the instructor is nice and has not asked me to leave yet. After yoga I get a reward of iced coffee and usually rehearse the order, so I don’t sound like a doofus. And I began to thinkContinue reading “What do I want?”

At the YMCA I go to there is a climbing wall. Recently, I was look at the wall and started thinking about how the holds are different colors, shapes and sizes, but the security ropes are mostly the same. I then thought about the wall itself. The “obstacle” if you are a pessimist, or theContinue reading “The Climbing Wall”

I’ve been thinking about the words change and challenge. How we say, “I hate change”, and “I love a challenge”. As if they are different words, when I think they both really mean opportunity. My guess is we don’t hate or love either, it’s just that change sounds scary while challenge arouses a need toContinue reading “Change & Challenge”

Earlier this week I wrote an article about boundaries, and true to form I have been re-thinking it most of this week and wondering if I did not consider the other side of the issue. Specifically, could the boundary keep you from being able to solve a problem? The difficult answer is yes. But maybeContinue reading “Boundaries”

I have been thinking lately about balance. When I was younger, I never really thought about balance. Of course, when you are built like a fire hydrant falling is not something you worry about. But as I get older, I catch myself thinking about falling. Not that I have been falling, but now I thinkContinue reading “Balance”

Recently I wrote some articles on my theory of the five tenets, and one of those tenets is being positive. After the article posted a few people contacted me telling me how hard they thought it was to be positive, and perhaps I was not being realistic given the circumstances. My first thought was “Really?Continue reading “The Curse of Neutrality”