Living It Daily

Choosing to Encourage, Motivate, and Inspire In a world filled with so much rage, chaos, and uncertainty, it’s sometimes difficult to face the day-to-day situations we encounter on a continuing basis. Fortunately, we don’t have to bow to the pressures of the world around us and join their chorus of negativity and criticism — whether ... Read more

From Living It Daily The Other Option by Rusty Norman My mind has a habit of wandering off on its own — sometimes to places I never planned to go. I’ve made peace with that over the years. More often than not, the journey turns out to be worth taking, even when I couldn’t have ... Read more

Learning From Life’s Warning Signs by Rusty Norman Several years ago, I wrote an article for a newsletter — one that eventually found its way into my first book, “Living Life Notes – Insights From Traveling the Highway of Life.” That article was titled “Skid Marks,” and ever since it was published, I have carried ... Read more

Resilience through the storms There’s a Gold Tree in my front yard that I’ve been watching for more than forty years. It started as a seedling — taken from a tree my mom and dad had in their yard. We brought it here in Southwest Florida, put it in the ground, and watched it grow. ... Read more

What we believe shapes our world — but what if what we believe is completely wrong? Let me ask you something before we get into the deep end here. Have you ever thought you knew what a word meant — really knew it — only to find out later that what you believed and what ... Read more

E O L End Of Life — The Cycle That Touches Everything The Three Letters That Define a Threshold In the world of electronics and manufacturing, three letters carry enormous weight: E-O-L. End Of Life. It is the point at which a product, a device, or a system crosses an invisible threshold — the moment ... Read more

A Living It Daily Perspective The Quiet Power of Common Sense Common sense doesn’t shout. It doesn’t try to impress anyone. It’s the steady wisdom that helps us make sound decisions based on what’s right in front of us. In a world full of noise, complexity, and constant pressure to react, common sense brings us ... Read more

from Living It Daily Secrets — We all carry them. Some weigh heavy as stones in our pockets, while others flutter like moths in the corners of our consciousness—those thoughts, experiences, and yearnings we’d rather keep hidden from the world. The question isn’t whether we have secrets, but rather what we do with them and ... Read more

A while back, I said something to a friend that stuck with me: “My life is like my garage.” At the time, those words carried the weight of confession—an admission that things had become cluttered, disorganized, and overwhelming. Today, as I stand in that same garage, now considerably cleaner and more organized, I’ve learned something ... Read more

from Living It Daily I remember several years ago having a conversation with a friend about his service in the Air Force. We were sitting on his back porch, cold drinks in hand, when I asked him what really made the biggest difference during his deployments and the various conflicts he’d faced overseas. I expected ... Read more