The C.A.T. Principle

Loyalty: A Most Precious Trait… Fidelitas usque ad mortem is Latin for “Loyalty unto death” – strong words, particularly given contemporary society’s emphasis on the “self.” In fact, when was the last time we heard anyone speak about loyalty, let…

Fear: We Mustn’t Let It Get The Better of Us… This past Friday the 13th saw some of the most savage attacks in Paris since the end of World War II. It has left the City of Lights in a…

Unresponsiveness: The Modern Day Curse… If you’ve ever had a non-returned phone call, text message or email, raise your hand; if you’ve ever not returned a phone call, text message or email, raise your hand. If you’ve raised your hand…

Resilience: The Path to a Gifted Life… How often do we wonder how some people achieve amazing things? How often do we think, “Why can’t that be me?” We look upon the success of others, and conjure a hundred reasons…

Arrogance: The Expensive Trait… Writing about arrogance is not easy. It’s tricky and it’s finicky. Why? Because arrogance is one of those traits that we recognize easily in others, but in ourselves…well that’s another matter. Ask yourself, when was the…

When Doubt Strikes… Who of us hasn’t been there, hasn’t had a dose of doubt at one time or another? We’ve all been there; we’ve all been struck by that abominable feeling of uncertainty, that feeling of not knowing what…

To Escape to Nature, Is to Escape to Ourselves… Another summer long weekend draws to an end. The roads jammed with city goers as they return to their urban domiciles. They rush home from their cottages, cabins, and tents; they…

Surrender Self-Responsibility, And We Surrender Freedom… There’s a war going on and it’s not the war on terror nor the war on climate change. It’s much more subtle as it isn’t a war of bullets, bombs and grenades, nor is…

  Are You Value-Oriented? Value – that most appealing word that we all cherish and seek out. We seek value in the things we buy, in the food we eat, in the walls we live, and in the places we…

Happy 2nd Birthday to The C.A.T. Blog and Thoughts on Writing… Two years ago this week, The C.A.T. Blog came to life with the writing of an inaugural blog named Santa Barbara Days…. A few weeks before commencing this bi-weekly…