In all things there is a beginning, a middle and an end. This summer has marked a whirlwind of activity in my life as I decided to return as a camp administrator at a summer camp in Maine for the second summer. To compare the two experiences would be difficult because there were different people … Continue reading Closing Time
It is Thanksgiving 2015 and another year is slowly winding to its inevitable end, of over spending and stress. Yet Thanksgiving always gives me pause to remember the people who I have been fortunate to know over the course of time. As I was working out this morning I was trying to think of all … Continue reading Happy Thanksgiving To You
If you knew the world was ending tomorrow, who would you make sure you visited today? by Jonathan Hilton Day 54 Knowing the world would end tomorrow would make me want to see a lot of people today, for a number of reasons, but I think that this question is good motivation to look at … Continue reading The End of The World
Would you be willing to reduce your life expectancy by 10 years to become extremely attractive or famous? by Jonathan Hilton Day 51 There is no way I would forfeit one day of my life to become extremely attractive or famous because I simply think that both things are subjective and are they really worth … Continue reading What Price Would You Pay?
If you could experience true love for only a week of your life would it be worth it? by Jonathan Hilton Day 36 Sometimes life seems to be full of things that are dichotomous to experience. Both bitter and sweet to the senses and often times we have to make a decision if they are … Continue reading The Price of Love
If you could choose one book as a mandatory read for all high school students, which book would you choose? by Jonathan Hilton Day 33 To find a great work of literature that would be appropriate for a high school curriculum would be easy, but my own opinion is that I should choose a book … Continue reading My Watershed Moment
What does your joy look like today? by Jon Hilton Day 17 Can anyone really define their joy as one particular aspect of a day or even a life? I certainly can’t so when I started to answer this question for today I had many thoughts about what gives me joy right at this moment … Continue reading Joy Looks Like This
Do you celebrate the things you do have? Day 13 By Jon Hilton It can be difficult in our society to really appreciate all that we do have today. There is always another commercial that tells us what we should have, or how we should look, even though what we have and how we look … Continue reading I Celebrate What I Do Have
What is the difference between being alive and truly living? by Jonathan Hilton All people are going to answer this question differently depending on where they are in their life. To me being alive is a fact of nature, and enjoying life and living for a purpose is truly living. But how do you enjoy … Continue reading Are You Truly Living
This is the second article about the things that I know for certain after a few years of trying to answer the questions of life. The access to and the willingness to read and learn is the great equalizer of all people. Books and Reading Changed My Life I have always been a reader, … Continue reading Books Are Beacons of Possibility
