Thoughts from the Heart

No Telepathy Required Jun 05, 2025

I remember a scene from the movie “Sleepless in Seattle.” Tom Hanks’s character is on the phone with the radio call-in show talking about his late wife, and Meg Ryan is in her car listening to the call. He describes how it felt to fall in love, and he says, “It was like…,” and they both say together...

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Perfection is an Obstacle Jun 05, 2025

Stephanie wants to start working out. She knows the perfect workout schedule is 5 days a week for 30 minutes at the gym with all the right equipment. But, with a full time job, two kids, a dog and an ailing mother, she can barely find time to shower let alone five hours a week to get to the gym, wor...

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Eudaemonia and the Art of Misdirection Jun 05, 2025

My shoulders and neck hurt. They have hurt for many years. This is the product of a quarter century of interpreting into ASL, a lifetime of bad posture choices, and a pandemic that put all of my interactions on a small screen…or so I thought. After struggling to correct the problem myself through yo...

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