Science and Medicine

Dec 30, 2020

December 30: Gratitude for Those Things that Keep Our Egos in Check

Today, I’m thankful for those who remind us to keep our egos in check. Sigmund Freud taught us that we all have an ego – our own sense of...

Dec 29, 2020

December 29: Gratitude for Those Who Teach What They Know

Today, I’m thankful for those who teach us what they know. Learning a new role or profession takes time. Skilled practitioners, such as...

Dec 3, 2020

December 3: Gratitude for Philanthropy

Today, I’m thankful for those that teach us that it is better to give than receive. A fatal car accident on the Main Road in Cape Town,...

Dec 2, 2020

December 2: Gratitude for an Environmentally-sound World

Today, I’m thankful for those that keep our world environmentally sound so I can stand up erect. If you were a paleontologist, today...

Dec 1, 2020

December 1: Gratitude for the Colors of the Season

Today, I’m thankful for the colors of the season and all it reminds me of the power of life. As we embark upon the month of December, we...

Nov 23, 2020

November 23: Gratitude for Power in Numbers

Today, I’m thankful for the power in numbers. Since the early days of the quarantine sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic, the world has...

Nov 7, 2020

November 7: Gratitude for Making a Lasting Impact

Today, I’m thankful for those people and things that make a lasting impact. An amazing impact was felt in the latter half of 1492. No,...

Oct 26, 2020

October 26: Gratitude for the End of a Scourge

Today, I am thankful for those who bring disease and pestilence to its proper eradication. Growing up in a Greek family in the 1970s, I...

Oct 19, 2020

October 19: Gratitude for Those Who Dig in the Dirt

Today, I am thankful for those who are unafraid to dig into the dirt to find a treasure. As the son of a dry cleaner, I’ve learned an...

Oct 5, 2020

October 5: Gratitude for When the Impossible Becomes Possible

Today, I am thankful those who remind us that sometimes the impossible is truly possible. On this day (Oct 5) in 1951, one of my father’s...

Sep 29, 2020

September 29: Gratitude for Decisive Crisis Management

Today, I am thankful for those who manage a crisis in a decisive, earnest manner. We all face our share of ‘headaches’ every day, whether...

Sep 28, 2020

September 28: Gratitude for Those Helping Us to See the Unseen

Today, I am thankful for the knowledge that what we don’t see still meaningfully impacts our lives. Back in April, I shared the tale of...

Sep 15, 2020

September 15: Gratitude for Serendipity

Today, I am thankful for the accidental discovery of a magic bullet. The history of science is crowded with chance findings that have a...

Sep 13, 2020

September 13: Gratitude for the Memories

Today, I am thankful that my memory is still intact, at least for the time being. I must readily admit that I, unlike my wonderful wife,...

Sep 5, 2020

September 5: Gratitude for the Hair On My Head (What's Left of It)

Today, I am thankful for those thin, flimsy filaments on my head that define who I am. In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, at a trying...

Sep 3, 2020

September 3: Gratitude for Those Annoying Little Critters

Today, I am thankful for those little creatures that protect our existence. The other evening, as I was desperately seeking to partake in...

Aug 30, 2020

August 30: Gratitude for the True Lifesavers

Today, I am thankful for the one person who has saved more lives in the last century anyone else. Today is the birthday of a scientist...

Aug 29, 2020

August 29: Gratitude for Those Who Unlock Life's Mysteries

Today, I am thankful for those who help unlock the mysteries of life. Throughout history, philosophers have played a crucial role in...

Aug 25, 2020

August 25: Gratitude for the Exploration of Uncharted Territories

Today, I am thankful for those who explore unchartered territories for the betterment of humankind. In the early 17th Century, the...

Aug 14, 2020

August 14: Gratitude for the Visual Medium We All Love

Today, I am thankful for the one medium that affords me the opportunity to get a visual glimpse of reality. Our capacity for imagination...