The C.A.T. Principle

Hope: A Message of the Season… Another Christmas has come and gone, and yet as 2016 passes into the rear-view mirror, it pays to remember the hope that the season brings. It’s not only a time of celebration with family,…

Expectations: That Word That Has a Way of Driving Us Crazy… Christmas is upon us and another year stares out from the clock. Was it a good year? Did we accomplish what we intended to? Above all, did it live…

  Part III – The Future: Where Dreams Live… “Welcome to the future,” yells the entrepreneur hawking the latest technological wonders. And after all, why shouldn’t he? The past is gone; the present is fleeting, and the future is where…

Part II: The Present and Being in It… If it’s in the present where our future is made, then the present is the place we must be. We can’t expect to tackle tomorrow’s challenges, if we’re not living to solve…

Part I: The Past and What Memories Mean… Last week, we witnessed another Remembrance Day (Veterans Day in the US) and took time to recall the sacrifice made by veterans for the freedoms we enjoy. It’s right to pay homage…

Truth: The Elusive Jester… For those of us entranced with the daily exhortations of the US election, if there’s one thing that’s come home to roost is that the truth never seems to be what it’s made out to be.…

Entitlement: The True Meaning Uncovered… We hear a lot about entitlement these days. It runs the gamut from kids expecting the newest gadgets and latest fashions, to students demanding others pay their college bills. We hear about politicians expecting the…

Happiness: Life’s Eternal Fountain… Are we losing the art of happiness? Is everything becoming too serious to be happy? Should we be happy at all given the amount of suffering and negativity in the world? We in the West have…

Travel: The Door to New Horizons… And to think that it’s already been a week, since I sat down to a Sushi dinner on the bank of Dublin’s Liffey River after a day’s journey to discover Belfast’s leading-edge Titanic Museum.…

Risk: The Drug of Life…  Is risk your drug of life? Do you take it? Do you come alive while giving it your all and not knowing the outcome? Or do you shun it and play it safe while avoiding…