Derria Murphy

Let the offense go.

Let the Offense Go

I let the offense go when someone cuts me off in traffic. Instead of getting upset, I focus on keeping myself and other drivers safe on the road. That person’s issues has nothing to do with me. And to tell you the truth, most people aren’t thinking that much about us at all. Perhaps they’re

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Stop Yield Retreat

Stop! Yield! Retreat!

Stop, yield, retreat! There’s a scene in one of my favorite movies, “Planes, Trains and Automobiles”, where two characters Del Griffith (John Candy) and Neal Page (Steve Martin) are sharing a car ride to Chicago. As Del is driving on the expressway another driver yells out of the window, “You’re going the wrong way!” Del

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That Friday Feeling

Hello, December!

Sigh. That Friday feeling. It’s almost the end of the year, but there is still time to do remarkable things. Sometimes it’s tough to learn something new. How about that overwhelming feeling of acquiring new information to perform a new job, project or hobby? But no need to dismay, everything can be figured out. We

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