A parenting coach once remarked about curfews: “Nothing good happens after midnight.” It’s probably good advice since most deviant behavior occurs in the late night hours when shops are closed, streets are empty, and everything is cast in shadow. However, what do you do when it isn’t a curfew you’re…
Weary Warriors (The End of the Trail)
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Does this statue look like you? Are you a weary warrior, fighting to stay atop your equally weary mount? This sculpture, called The End of the Trail, was created in the late 1800s and it gripped my heart the first time I saw it as a child. I was fascinated…
So if you’re over twenty, you might not be up to speed on some very important vernacular. Today, in a humorous spirit of irony, young students lament the minor irritations of life by uttering the phrase, “the struggle!” To the uninitiated, those words make no sense at all—especially within the…
Have you experienced a perfect storm yet—a dynamic, fast-moving, confluence of elements that threatened to capsize your life? If you have, you know how deadly it can be, and if you haven’t, you need to be prepared. The Perfect Storm can arise on each of our horizons, and if we’re…
A good friend and esteemed math teacher (someone I wish I had known when I struggled my way through math in school), Dr. Rick Simon, recently shared a fantastic quote with me from Roman Stoic philosopher Lucius Annaeus Seneca, popularly known as Seneca. The quote ties in perfectly with the…
