Author: Luis Velasquez

Don’t Aim to be Fearless but to Fear Less

Don’t Aim to be Fearless but to Fear Less

Posted by | Nov 2, 2015 | | 0 |

Halloween came and went, and like previous years, we had prepared ourselves with plenty of candy, and like all years past, no kids showed up. How disappointing. We were talking to our neighbors, and they were saying that in years past, lots of kids would show up.   They also mentioned that there were have been many scary stories around, from contaminated candy to razors and needles hidden in apples. I wondered how truthful were those stories.   So I decided to ask the almighty Google. In the process, I found a rather interesting statistic.   What do Americas fear the most?...

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Healthy Friends; Healthy Habits

Healthy Friends; Healthy Habits

Posted by | Oct 26, 2015 | | 0 |

This past Sunday morning I woke up to the sound of my alarm clock. It was 6:30 AM, and I quickly pressed the snooze button before the alarm could wake my sleeping baby in the next room. I wasn’t feeling all that good, and I considered sending a text to bail out of my plans to go biking with a few friends. I wasn't feeling motivated, and the idea of going back to sleep was very inviting. But I thought about the fact that my friends were counting on me to be there and ride with them, and that was strong enough...

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If Nothing is Going Right, Go Left

If Nothing is Going Right, Go Left

Posted by | Oct 13, 2015 | | 1 |

"If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude." - Maya Angelou They say the definition of craziness is repeating the same action and expecting a different result. As a scientist when I was doing my PhD, this was a very important principle. Anytime an experiment didn’t work, I needed to make a change, or two or three, to see if I could bring about the results I wanted. Very rarely would I repeat the experiment in the exact same way I did it the first time. Unfortunately, life is not always so flexible. More...

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The International Language of Kindness

The International Language of Kindness

Posted by | Sep 21, 2015 | , | 0 |

“Kindness is a language that the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” Mark Twain Not only is kindness a universal language, it’s also contagious. If you show kindness to another human being, they’re likely to reciprocate. Here’s a familiar scene: You’re sitting on a plane, looking forward to the peace and quiet the trip will afford and the time you’ll spend reading your book or watching a movie. Suddenly, your anticipated relaxation is punctuated by the screams of a child sitting directly behind you, and you know you’re in for a long flight. The idea of showing...

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If It’s to Be, It’s Up to Me

If It’s to Be, It’s Up to Me

Posted by | Sep 7, 2015 | | 0 |

Change happens, whether we like or not. And while we can’t do much about it, we can control how we respond to it. We can choose to anticipate and embrace changes or resist them. Resisting change is usually like trying to push water upstream; you can’t control it. For some the change comes in a radical and sudden way, for others the change happens so slowly that sometimes we fail to see it. There are, however, two kinds of people: those who are coping with change and those who are victims of change. It was 1984, and I was...

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