The year is 3023. Earth is a different planet than it was at the beginning of the 21st century. Fossil…
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Something a lot of my friends have heard me repeatedly say is, “We don’t stop playing because we get old;…
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A very wise man once said, although I argued with him about it for quite some time, “Everything is a…
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Three teenagers attack an art teacher and beat her to the ground on video… A group of teenage girls trap…
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Past experience has shown that all of us have times in our life where we feel like we’re “close to…
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Full disclosure: When this image popped up in my social media feed, I was only four months away from being…
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A friend shared this with me and gave me permission to use it. It is… thought provoking. – – –…
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This article may not apply equally to all generations who read it. It will not necessarily apply equally to military…
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Author’s Note: This was originally written in June of 2007 – 15 years ago. It is still as applicable today…
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Fair warning: This is going to be a short rant about assumptions people make pertaining to age. Just recently I…
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Author’s Note: Republished almost 16 years after I originally wrote it. Still just as applicable today as it was then.…
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“It’s not how hard you can hit. It’s how hard you can get hit and still keep moving forward.” Sylvester Stallone…
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Most recently I had a conversation with a gentleman who is a Marine, a veteran police psychologist and an avid…
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Folks, welcome to another morning in America. It’s Sunday morning, roughly 10am while I write this. In a lot of…
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Most of my readership knows I’ve written before about how age is simply a number. All too often people seem…
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One really spectacular benefit of social media is that it allows you to follow those you choose, ignore those you…
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A long time ago a friend of mine told me that psychologists are just overpaid bartenders who don’t serve you…
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Some years back when I was responsible for fleet maintenance for my police agency, we kept track of the service…
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My family once owned a dog that we named ThunderStorm and just called Storm. He was a chocolate Labrador from…
Continue ReadingSix Characteristics of the Mentally Strong
Have you ever noticed that some of your friends or family never seem quite as stressed or lacking in control…
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