by Guillermo Vidal | Jun 13, 2021 | Aging Well, Becoming Your Best Self
I’ve seen enough throughout my life to have lost my fear of death. This wasn’t always the case. During my twenties and thirties, I was certain I would live forever. Losing loved ones along the way made me realize my mortality, but I did not embrace it until now. Life...
by Guillermo Vidal | Jun 6, 2021 | Aging Well, Becoming Your Best Self
It is your moral duty to make things better. These are the words of fifteen-year-old Greta Thunberg, the young woman who captured the world’s spotlight with her protest on the steps of the Swedish parliament building. Her demands; a radical change of government policy...
by Guillermo Vidal | May 30, 2021 | Aging Well, Becoming Your Best Self
I love the stories about genies and magic lamps. Imagine rubbing an old magic lamp and having a genie come out to grant all of your wishes. This fantasy has a ring of truth to it, except for you are the genie in the bottle with the power to get for you what you...
by Guillermo Vidal | May 23, 2021 | Becoming Your Best Self
We are all guilty of being dishonest. We lie about our age, weight, or why we are late. Some cheat on their taxes, others on their spouses. Some embellish their experience and education on their resumes. Deceiving others is so common in our culture that many assume it...
by Guillermo Vidal | May 16, 2021 | Becoming Your Best Self
It is easy to lose hope that we can bridge our country’s ideological divide. More than ever, we must try, but we need to do something different to create unity; we must listen and understand those who differ from us. Asking someone to explain their opinion is a...
by Guillermo Vidal | May 3, 2021 | Becoming Your Best Self
What is your favorite brand to put on people? Epithets like redneck, communist, socialist, asshole, lowlife, uneducated, high-maintenance and loudmouthed are common ones. There are others that don’t seem so offensive but put boundaries around the targeted person’s...
