by A. T. Baron | Aug 24, 2018 | Fortune Cookie Friday
I have experience working with animals, and I also have experience working with children. Since humans are animals, we are similar in many ways. We eat, sleep, and interact with our kind. Even our learning process is similar. Throughout our lives, we learn in many...
by A. T. Baron | Aug 17, 2018 | Fortune Cookie Friday
Hello, readers! I’m going to do something a little different today. We’re going to play a little game. It’s a simple game, and you’re probably already a winner. Let’s get started. Round 1 Do you currently have a mobile phone or digital device within reach? Most likely...
by A. T. Baron | Aug 10, 2018 | Fortune Cookie Friday
When it comes to treating people with respect, I learned that people would reciprocate the treatment that you give them. It is a simple, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” I experienced an interesting example of this premise recently. I spent one...
by A. T. Baron | Aug 3, 2018 | Fortune Cookie Friday
The world has changed dramatically with the advent of social media. It used to take days or months for correspondence to make it to its destination when we sent written letters by horseman or boat. The time lessened, and the distance grew with the use of inventions...
by A. T. Baron | Jul 27, 2018 | Fortune Cookie Friday
I recently read a story about Jeanne Louise Calment (France) who lived to the age of 122 years and 164 days. Her age is the greatest fully authenticated age to which any human has ever lived. Born in 1875, she lived a full life. She experienced both world wars, the...
by A. T. Baron | Jul 20, 2018 | Fortune Cookie Friday
I am not an expert—in anything. Oh, I have a degree in Zoology, worked in many fields of employment, own my own company, raising two kids, active in volunteer work, and found some time to travel a little. None of that makes me an expert but it does make me...
by A. T. Baron | Jul 13, 2018 | Fortune Cookie Friday
I cannot tell you how happy I am to read this fortune. Tomorrow I was supposed to venture out on a 12-day trek with my local Scouting crew to the Philmont Scout Ranch in Philmont, New Mexico. I have been preparing for the 69-mile backpacking trek since last year, and...
by A. T. Baron | Jul 6, 2018 | Fortune Cookie Friday
Oh, the woes of life! We all have them, and we all complain about them. For example, we complain that we don’t have enough money, that we are too over-weight, or that we don’t like how someone treats us. It is easy to be dissatisfied and then gritch about it....
by A. T. Baron | Jun 29, 2018 | Fortune Cookie Friday
Does your life feel bland? Do you feel like you’re doing the same things, wear the same clothes, eat the same food every day? Perhaps you’re due for a change of scenery. Whether we go to school or go to work, we tend to fall into a routine. Our routines can keep us...
by A. T. Baron | Jun 22, 2018 | Fortune Cookie Friday
If you live in Buffalo, New York, you learn to adjust to the weather. We say, “If you don’t like the weather, wait a while. It will change.” Some winters can be mild with barely a flake of snow, while others can dump multiple feet in a couple of days. This variability...
