by Al Van Dyk | Mar 26, 2017 | Attitude is Everything
Was there a lesson that I missed that I should have learned from the battlefield? Did I gloat too soon? Was I too quick to claim victory? Did I experience my first defeat? This is not my first rodeo, I have been here before. And suspect I will be here again. It’s time to rid my life of these Trolls once and for all. Nothing extinguishes a troll’s spirit more completely than laughter, and nothing crushes his ego more that a smile. Today is about finding humor in the annoying and laugher in the mundane.
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by Al Van Dyk | Mar 19, 2017 | Attitude is Everything
What Trolls do you need to vanquish? Once thought only to exist in children’s fairy tales are in fact very real. Their intent is to destroy, their method is by inciting fear, their primary tactic is to get us to believe they are bigger and stronger than we are. What Trolls live under your bridge that keep you from experiencing an extraordinary life?
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by Al Van Dyk | Mar 12, 2017 | Vault
My current neurologist framed his first question at my first appointment this way, “Why are you here.” Of course there was the customary “welcome” that I was expecting but this question came across as a bit esoteric. After all, that’s not the question that I’m asked when I visit Best Buy or Gander Mountain’s Firearms SuperCenter, or other retailers that are near and dear to my heart.
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by Al Van Dyk | Mar 5, 2017 | Pivot Points
This week, we are going to take a break from our normal programing so that I can introduce you to another one of my projects. Welcome to Musings after Midnight, an eclectic mix of shorts written during the early morning hours; the part of the day when my thoughts are free wander unencumbered by what work expects from me or my family needs of me.
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by Al Van Dyk | Feb 28, 2017 | Attitude is Everything
What would you fight for? It’s not just a rhetorical question, or a 60-second infomercial, posed by my Alma Mater during football season on a typical Saturday afternoon. It’s meant to challenge our response to the unmet needs in our neighborhood, our nation, and around the world. What is it that pulls at your heart-strings that would get you to respond to this call to action?
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