I fear nothing. There’s nothing I’m afraid of.∗ I have some worries, but worries can be fixed with time and smarts. That allows me to approach danger bravely and retreat wisely when necessary to return when I’m able to eliminate the danger. And then move forward as planned. There will always be obstacles. If you……
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Self-Discipline, Honor and Integrity
Honor, integrity, and self-discipline are traits that we should all strive for and strive to instill in our children.
It’s Not What You Know; It’s Who You Know
“It’s not what you know it’s who you know.” We’ve all heard this saying, and I’ve heard it as much as anyone growing up. At times I took it to heart, which was a mistake. And it goes back to my words of advice on life about being careful about who you take advice from.……
Do Yourself a Solid
“Doing a solid” was a national catchphrase that went, thankfully, as quickly as it came. Middle America likes to adopt specific phrases and gestures and latch onto them as if they make the walking cliche’ using the fad in public unique in some way, or suddenly “cool” even though it’s been used already millions of……
Learn When to Take Advice
Life Lesson…what number are we on? Another valuable life lesson I’ve learned the hard way is when to take guidance from someone. And just as relevant, if not more so, is WHOM to take advice from. In light of this post being about when to take advice and from whom, I thought a post-script prologue was due since……
Stay Positive
Some Ways to Stay Positive Staying positive is something that seems obvious to be happy, but it’s hard for some people to do. Harder for some than others, and I believe that’s because of constantly training ourselves to either think positively, which is hard and must be consciously done sometimes or think negatively. Thinking negatively……
Gratitude and Humility
Some thoughts on humility and gratitude, which are necessary to be happy.
The Power of The Internet
Don’t stop believing!
Always Take The High Road
Life Lesson Five Take The High Road. You’ll thank yourself later. People will eventually and more and more often, find themselves in situations where emotions and stakes are high and you’re in a position to do two things. Continue to engage with your adversary as they try to drag you down the low road into……
Police are Good
Life Lesson One Police are good. I’m starting things off in no particular order, but this first being a lesson I found myself teaching Cecelia the other day when playing Legos. We have no lack of legos and Lego people around here, and we enact play situations by building buildings, restaurants, hospitals, playgrounds, or whatever……