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    Guides to Life

    Throughout life, I have had a love/hate relationship with inspirational and motivational posters, statements, and guides. I felt strong enough about it that I wrote my own rules to live by and included it in my book. In fact, I dedicated a whole chapter to it with lots of background to why and in some…

  • Pain

    I was thinking the last couple of mornings, when was the last time I had no pain? Would it ever be possible that it isn’t something I wake with, take a first step with, bend with, reach with, and even sit with? It has become such a pervasive aspect of my life that, at times,…

  • Forty-Three Days

    We are now forty-three days from November fifth and the vote that could change the world, forever, via change for inclusion or change to reverting to some past perceived normalcy. I get that this statement is exactly what most Americans are feeling, but seemingly so many are wanting change and are willing to risk our…

  • What If…?

    I think the most recurring question throughout my life has been what if? What if, is another way of questioning whether you’ve really met your full potential. I don’t care what it is, did I really do everything I could to reach the best I could be? Of course, there are many things I did…

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    Hope

    About sixteen years ago, then Senator Barrack Obama came out with a book called “The Audacity of Hope”. I used to see this book on the shelf and be very cynical about it. I was a John McCain fan. He was a hero for crying out loud, but he also showed great courage in backing…

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    Best Days

    The older I get, the more I find myself trying to define my life. I don’t really mean what was my purpose. I figured that out many years ago. I knew I would never live a life glamourous by nature, but feel I certainly served a purposeful life in many areas. I lived a life…

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    What I Miss

    As you get older, you begin missing things you either once could do because of physical capability or miss it due to innocence you had as a kid. Might even be from naivety, I know there were plenty of things I didn’t understand when younger that I do now. Probably what I hate most is…