One of the most difficult parts of raising children today is when and how do we discipline. It may have been easier for parents when I was a child and bad behavior was greeted with switch across the backside, lack of supper, or a bar of soap vigorously applied to the child’s mouth. Spare the…
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Soft Hands
In many sports requiring the use of hands a quality one seeks to have is soft hands. A football receiver needs hands that immediately reduce the football’s velocity, A golfer wants soft hands that grip a club like a baby bird, etc. Soft hands is a skill that can be taught with hours of practice…
Intellect
There are those who believe that if we only gather enough information, we will always make wise choices. But intellect alone is cleverness without a compass. The heart and soul of an individual provide the rudder and the keel to guide us to our ultimate destination.
Political Cocoon
Ever notice how when confronted with hard questions a politician constructs a cocoon? They oversimplify the complexity of the world by reducing it to bite-size precepts that are easy to digest, reducing reality to the comfortable. However, all of us from time do the same. We condense our lives into a sound bite. It is…
Words To Avoid
I may be overly sensitive, but I think there are some words we should be careful before we use or lightly banter about. My children growing up knew that the “N-word” would be about as welcome in our house as a bar of soap applied liberally to their tongue would be to them. I discouraged…