What Defines You?
Do you look at your title, your job or possibly your name as the definition of you? Each of these are aspects of you. Each contribute to you make up of who you are. Let's dive deeper into each one and what I feel defines you. Your title, like many out there I've...
The Let Down
Being a sports fan can be tough. My team has given me highs and lows, joys and tears. I've experienced moments of pure jubilation and times of pure heartbreak. I've beat my chest and couldn't talk because I lost my voice from yelling. I've also not talked for days...
Rain
I had to work traffic yesterday at church. I watched the masses exit the building in full sprint to their cars because it was raining. People darted in front of cars because they didn't want to get wet. As I'm standing there getting wet the thought arose, why is...
Do you have a quiet place?
My life like so many is a constant blur as I'm running from one event to another. With everything going around around me there's even more going on in my head. I'm to the point now where I'm scheduling meetings after meetings on weekends to ensure activities, groups...
Being from West Virginia
If you grew up or have lived in West Virginia for any time you know all so well the stereotypes. How do many somehow forget or never learned that there's actually 50 states in the US? There's also, when you get asked where you're from, you respond with WV and that...
Comfort Zone
Many people go through life content in their comfort zone or "bubble". They may look at stepping out and trying something but then fear, embarrassment and other feelings take over. One of my best feelings is seeing someone take that step out. To see them overcome...
Be Consistent
A difficult trait for all of us is being consistent. In sports you see and hear it all to often, that team played down or played up to their competition. The color or name on a jersey can change a team that much. We can do a task over and over and get different...
Are manners still apart of family learning?
In early August we went on vacation, visited Hershey Park, Amish Country and Cooperstown. It was a great family vacation, however I did observe something that surprised and upset me at Hershey Park. I witnessed an unbelievable amount of rudeness. It came from all...
Learning to Lose
In today's world, the participation trophy area, people are finding it harder and harder to overcome failure. Harder and harder to handle losing. The entitlement and me first motto of many is a hard thing to witness. For me growing up, you had to tryout to make a...