The Random Thoughts of Louis Schmier

We were rushing to synagogue for Rosh Hashonah evening services last night. Susan had set the alarm. I went to turn off the television. Just as I was about to hit the remote, someone called a “faith partner,” was saying that if he and his wife could help one person out of poverty it would [...]

This muggy, cool, dark morning, I didn’t walk along the streets. A week-long, low-level head cold has grounded me. Nevertheless, I walked out to the fishpond where I engaged in some contemplative sitting and coffee sipping. As the skies grayed, I got up and did some contemplative strolling through my garden. Stuff pent up over [...]

I was driving home late last Saturday night on I-75. No one to talk with. Susan literally had fallen into a deep sleep before we got out of the hotel parking lot. Thank goodness for our energy drinks and some stirring words I heard at a business meeting in Ocala. Something someone said kept churning [...]

Something happened to me in a local restaurant a while back that I thought about again as I read a piece by Martin Seligman on making “a gratitude visit” to connect with a person who has been kind to us and done well by us. Without fanfare, drum rolls, medals, awards, or parades, he said, [...]