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I’ve mentioned before that my personality type on the enneagram is a five, the investigator. No one type on the enneagram is better than another, but I like being a five. It’s an interesting place from which to view the world. Fives are always watching what is going on around them. As my very favoriteContinue reading “A Thin Line”

I had been an insurance agent for about a year when I noticed something. Things associated with my business seemed to come in bunches. Being a new agent I had policy goals to reach. I would get concerned if I hadn’t written any new business in a while. Then suddenly I would write many policiesContinue reading “Bunches”

I’ll be showing my age by the next sentence I write. When I was a kid TV stations didn’t broadcast after midnight. When I turned on a station I saw a test pattern. I could use it to fine tune my TV reception. I’ve found other patterns to be useful in my life. Being aContinue reading “Pattern Test”

Cycling is my favorite form of exercise. However, after being an insurance agent and having a strong six wing on the enneagram I believe in safety first. Most of my time is spent on the hike and bike trail. Even so I still wear a white t-shirt because white stands out the most. Car driversContinue reading “Wear White”

Several years ago I helped start a girls basketball program at a new charter school. We had twelve girls come out for the team. That was the good news. The bad news was only three had ever played basketball before. After the first practice my assistant and I were in complete agreement on what weContinue reading “Catch the Ball”

When I was in college I sprained my ankle badly playing basketball and was on crutches for several weeks. It wasn’t long after the accident that I became depressed. It wasn’t from the hassle of dealing with crutches or not being able to play ball. I’d dealt with that before. It was because I nowContinue reading “Media”

Being a five on the Enneagram I’ve always liked gathering information. I would sit and read the encyclopedia when I was a kid. I like shows about nature and science. I find them interesting. I’ve noticed that the producers of those shows usually go out of their way to provide dramatic tension. After talking aboutContinue reading “Overrated”

Many things surprised me about raising children. It’s a very interesting experience to start from scratch with a human being. We made it a point not to  watch television much. If we did it was usually a ball game. From about the time the girls could put sentences together they would have the same question.Continue reading “I Don’t Care”

I’ll always remember the day my son-in-law asked my permission to marry my daughter. It’s a little bit of an old fashioned idea, but I sincerely appreciated the show of respect he paid to me. We all like him, so I was pleased to say yes. However, within about ten minutes something dawned on me.Continue reading “This too Shall Pass”

I love the movie Castaway for many reasons. One scene has special meaning for me. Tom Hanks is able to escape the island on a raft, but looks back one last time. The island literally saved his life when he landed there a few years early. But over time it had become his own personalContinue reading “Castaway”