by billyzh | Aug 8, 2012 | Career/Job, Death/Mourning, Family, Relationships
If you haven’t seen the movie Braveheart, with Mel Gibson, you should. It’s just plain great. And, it’s even more powerful knowing it’s based on a true story. One famous clip from the film has become quite popular. William Wallace is rallying...
by billyzh | Aug 29, 2011 | Career/Job, Family, History, Relationships, Spirituality
I remember painfully sitting through a High School Advanced Placement history class that for some reason I had tested into. To this day, I will never know how I ended up in there. The teacher certainly wondered too. I never quite got her points. And she let me know...
by billyzh | Aug 12, 2011 | Family, Relationships, Spirituality
There’s a wonderful song by the Irish group IONA that goes, “Where your treasure is, there is your heart.” One of the definitions of the word “treasure”, according to Webster’s Dictionary, is “to value highly.” As I was letting my friend debrief over...
by billyzh | Aug 9, 2011 | Career/Job, Family, Relationships
I can hear those words as if my mother is saying them to me right now. I would imagine most of you are familiar with this line: If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all. If it didn’t come from our mothers it came from some other well meaning soul...
by billyzh | Jul 24, 2011 | Career/Job, Family, Relationships
Have you ever watched someone throw a tantrum? Maybe you have a tendency to burst out yourself. Most of us at one point or another have had the um…shall we say, pleasure? Maybe you have recently been on the receiving end of someone’s temper. Those moments,...
by billyzh | May 21, 2011 | Career/Job, Family, Relationships
Men: this one won’t be for you today as much as it will be for the gals. But, hey, you might learn a tip or two, so here goes. [I wrote this a few years ago…but I am amazed how timeless it has become.] Enjoy… If you’ve heard about or seen the movie...
