Tag Archives: life lessons

(Issue #584) Wisdom of the Ages

Posted on August 1, 2021 by stevepiscitelli

Do you think a twenty-something and a seventy-something,for instance, share life lessons, questions and advice? Last year, I did some reading about the oldest of old. What they lived, thought, and hoped for moving forward.  It made me wonder about … Continue reading →

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(Issue #556) Gratitude. Pride. Lessons.

Posted on January 17, 2021 by stevepiscitelli

A quick strategy to acknowledge thanks, achievement, and growth. All of which help with resilience. An article I read suggested an alternative to a gratitude journal: a Power Journal. It inspired me to keep my own for 30 days. Here’s … Continue reading →

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(Issue #499) The View from the Rainbow Bridge

Posted on December 15, 2019 by stevepiscitelli

As the dog looks back, she sees life as it was before she got to the bridge. Memories. Pet lovers embrace the concept of “The Rainbow Bridge” where person and pet will reunite in the next world.  The story has … Continue reading →

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(#369) About Kayaks And Perspective

Posted on June 18, 2017 by stevepiscitelli

If we focus on the possible negative, we get sucked into it. Lessons. Everywhere, lessons present themselves.  And they remind us that we are always students. Lifelong learners. If we pay attention. My latest education has come over the past … Continue reading →

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(#350) Regrets? Choices And Lessons.

Posted on February 5, 2017 by stevepiscitelli

A culmination of all those choices. Some small. Some large. All help create the person you are becoming. Would you, if you could, go back in time and change the choices that you made?  I know.  A wide open question … Continue reading →

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(#347) Clues At The Tip Of My Nose

Posted on January 15, 2017 by stevepiscitelli

The little child had returned to remind and reassure me to believe in my abilities and myself. A few months ago, I sat on a balcony three stories above the Gulf of Mexico in Key Largo, Florida.  The pre-sunrise morning … Continue reading →

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(#323) Who Sets Your Agenda?

Posted on July 31, 2016 by stevepiscitelli

Why let someone else interrupt my thought process and mindset with what they see as something I “need” to know “right now” from the “world out there”? Every cardio machine in our local gym has the ubiquitous television monitor attached … Continue reading →

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(#249) A Life Well-Lived

Posted on March 1, 2015 by stevepiscitelli

Yesterday, our Buddy arrived at the end of his nearly 15-year journey and crossed over the rainbow bridge. To say there is a hole in our hearts at the moment is a gross understatement. But,  we have to remember that Buddy … Continue reading →

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(#240) A Blogger’s Retrospective: 2014 In Review

Posted on December 28, 2014 by stevepiscitelli

May your 2015 goals lead to your actions and your actions lead to your dreams. In May of 2010 I made the decision to begin my first blog. I had 3 goals: Experience a new (for me) aspect of social media … Continue reading →

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(#199) Retirement? Let’s Rename It

Posted on March 16, 2014 by stevepiscitelli

Whenever “retirement” comes for me, I know it will not be a work stoppage or a forgetting of the past but rather a grand anticipation and embrace of what the future holds. At the beginning of this calendar year, I … Continue reading →

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