It is an observable oddity of the American society that we sometimes act or behave exactly opposite to what is…
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What Makes A Man?
MAN: an adult male person, as distinguished from a boy or a woman. A male having qualities considered typical of men…
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2018 New Year Resolutions
Near the end of every calendar year… or in the first few days of a new year… huge numbers of…
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Life’s Simplest Lessons
Recently I saw an image through the wizardry of social media and, after having read through it, thought about just…
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Defining You
As happens all too often in my household, my son asked me a question that forced me to carefully think…
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The Butterfly Affect in Life
Plenty has been written about “the butterfly effect.” Whole movies have been made about it from dramas about how minor…
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Seven Rules of Life
If you Google “rules for life” you get 863 MILLION returns (in under 2/3 of a second). There are whole…
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Brightest Lights During The Darkest Times
NOTE: This blog isn’t being written, or even approached, with journalistic structure or professionalism in mind. The topic is suicide:…
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Coaching, Mentoring & Criticizing
Just this morning (as I type this) I enjoyed a quick back-and-forth conversation on social media and then via email…
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Understanding the Trauma of Trivia
One of the most important parts of communication is understanding or at least attempting to see and understand the point…
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What Age is “Old”?
I remember being a little kid… maybe six or seven years old, and my parents were “old” to me. Of…
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A Lesson from Nature
A long time ago (in my lifetime) a Drill Sergeant told me that every day I woke up above dirt…
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Are You a Warrior? BE a Warrior
From dictionary.com, the definition of “Warrior:” A person engaged or experienced in warfare; soldier. A person who shows or has…
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The Power of An Aware And Active Mind
How many times have you been out in public some place – it could be the mall, a city street,…
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The Birthplace of Souls
As happens with most thoughts we consider to be deep or memorable – worthy of remembering – this one came…
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A Fork in the Road
Fork: an instrument having two or more prongs or tines, for holding, lifting, etc., as an implement for handling food…
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Windows to the Soul
“The eyes are the window to the soul.” A quote attributed to a great many people and we’ll never know…
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Focus on the Inspirational
One of the greatest compliments I’ve ever been paid was when a longtime friend of mine posted on a social…
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Holiday Blues? Find the Silver Lining
Every year around this time, as all law enforcement professionals know, suicides and suicide attempts seem to climb in number. …
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A Letter To Me?
Country music star Brad Paisley wrote a song called, “A Letter To Me,” and the basic idea of the song…
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