A Word on What Pollutes

I find it interesting to see what is meant when it is mentioned that the environment is in jeopardy. Sure, there may very well be serious issues going on in the physical atmosphere and surroundings that are caused by a variety of factors. We certainly have a responsibility to look after that physical surrounding as […]

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If The Truth Be Known

There’s how we think and how we feel, but if the truth be known … If the truth be known, would we feel so entitled to give the benefit of our opinion? If the truth be known, would we be so comfortable maintaining the status quo. If the truth be known, would we invest so […]

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Prayer for Change – Pure and Simple

Contaminated. Infested. Diseased. Malignant. Corroding. These are not the most positive words in the English language and they all refer to the state of something. You ever think the state of relationships could be described in that way? Who may ascend the mountain of the Lord?     Who may stand in his holy place? The one who has […]

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Avoiding the Santa Syndrome

I don’t think we’ll ever get to a stage where heroes are out of vogue. Overtly or subconsciously there’s an encouragement to look up to folks. Perhaps it starts as a child and your first role models are the folks you look at who define and exemplify what life is like. You see them and […]

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True Story: Is It?

There was a time in my life when I really wanted to be a journalist. I loved the thought about being busy getting the news, reporting on it, writing about it and seeing it published. There was something really fascinating about that to me and it seemed to be the best use of my love […]

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Focus On Your Own Game Now

There’s this habit some have in the game. The season is happening and observers are making comments about how the team are doing compared to how they did in the previous season. This is even though what happens in the previous season will not determine the outcome of the present one. They will compare points […]

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As The Story Goes …

“That’s not how the story goes, Daddy. Tell them what happened. Tell them the story for real, Daddy.” It was one of those occasions where I couldn’t quite muster up the energy to go through the situation as I had done on umpteen occasions previously. I had delivered a half-hearted and somewhat pathetic recounting of […]

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