Impressions by David Maxwell

“Each morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.” -Buddha Regardless of your spiritual beliefs, I think we can all appreciate the wisdom in the statement above – especially in these sheltering and socially separated days. No matter what we have done or haven’t done in our lives up until now, we…

The title of Mother alone is synonymous with unconditional love. Sunday is the day to celebrate that love and to honor the mothers in our lives for all they selflessly give or have given to their families, their communities and society as a whole. Whether her children are small or all grown up, a mother’s…

Thank you to the people who are working to save lives and keep our community safe during this pandemic. As our community, our country and our world continue to confront an unprecedented crisis, one inspiring trend is emerging — people everywhere want to help. In fact, right now, searches for ’how to help’ healthcare workers,…

Learning to celebrate the meaning of Easter every single day for the rest of your life. Sunday, April 12th is Easter, and as we all – in shelter in place separated isolation – prepare to look and act our best on that one day, here’s a thought. How about we spread it out and celebrate the reasons for…

With all of the not-very-funny stuff happening in our community and our world these days I decided to take a moment for some humor. Recently as I was researching details and facts on meaning what you mean for an upcoming column, I ran across the following and thought now was as good of time as…

Our world looks a lot different today than it did a week ago. Sports arenas and fields across the country sit empty. Theaters and other entertainment venues have gone dark. Roads that used to be bogged down in traffic are barely traveled. The Coronavirus has changed the way we live for the time being. Social…

Spring officially begins next Thursday, March 19th; so what are we all waiting for?  Let’s Spring clean our minds of old worn out thoughts and feelings that keep us stuck in a Wintery state of mind.  Let’s unclutter our emotional closets! Clean out your Mental Cobwebs – Along with cleaning out the closets, Spring is…

Hope is an important and essential component of a good and happy life. Hope helps us to define and fine-tune our dreams and it helps us to keep moving in a forward direction toward that brighter light at the end of the tunnel. We just have to keep believing in our dreams and relying on…

Our day of destruction caused by Hurricane Michael on October 10, 2018 changed all of our lives.  The morning after that afternoon and evening of terror I walked outside to a shocking scene of the storm’s aftermath and I am not embarrassed to say that I sat down in the middle of the debris –…