Posted in accountability, advertising, authorities, awareness, Blogging, bullying, Business, children, church, communication, control, crime, culture, danger, emotions, family, Fear, Impact, inspiration, kids, law enforcement, leadership, legal, news, observations, opinion, parenting, persuasion, power, relationships, religion, responsibility, restlessness, expectations, callings, safety, schools, teens, Threats, Threats, values, violence on Apr 24th, 2010
Technology & social media are allowing large groups of youth to come together in public; forming mobs of people. Some times these are positive experiences and occasionally they promote negative or illegal behaviors.
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Posted in compassion, emotions, encouragement, Faith, family, Fear, friendship, Heart, help, Impact, leadership, life, loneliness, loss, love, observations, pain and misery, prayer, prayer, relationships, sadness, sensitivity, support, Uncategorized on Feb 15th, 2010
In times of difficulty or tragedy, people are desperate for compassionate emotional support. How can you shine a light in the midst of a dark storm?
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Posted in abuse, accountability, anger, armed forces, awareness, children, control, crime, culture, danger, domestic violence, emotions, family, Fear, Frustration, future, help, leadership, life, loss, murder, news, observations, parenting, power, religion, respect, responsibility, safety, schools, service, stress, teens, television, Threats, trauma, trust, violence on Nov 6th, 2009
The society in the United States of America is changing regarding issues of personal safety & trust. We need to examine why and make positive changes or suffer the consequences.
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Today, Twitter accounts experienced accessing problems because of a denial- of- service -attack. Here is a link to check on the status of Twitter service.
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Posted in abuse, armed forces, authorities, commitment, compassion, crime, danger, Education, emotions, encouragement, environment, expectations, failure, family, finances, friendship, Frustration, future, hero, history, home, Impact, leadership, learning, legal, life, medical, mental and physical health, military, news, observations, of connections, opinion, Opportunities, organizations for special needs, pain and misery, parenting, Patriotism, power, protect, relationships, respect, responsibility, safety, school, schools, service, special needs, stress, well-being on Jul 18th, 2009
A recruiter is accused of signing up a young man, with multiple disabilies, to the Marine Corps. Is it appropriate to encourage those ill equipped for full service to sign up for the military?
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Posted in abuse, anger, birthday, Celebration, communication, crime, danger, death, emotions, fourth of july, Hate Crimes, Holiday, Impact, news, observations, opinion, Patriotism, violence on Jul 10th, 2009
A video was posted on YouTube that depicts Lady Liberty blindfolded, beheaded and broken. Is it terrorism?
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Posted in attitude, Beauty, career, children, commitment, emotions, Faith, family, husband, leadership, life, loss, love, marriage, media, news, observations, opinion, pain and misery, power, relationships on Jun 29th, 2009
South Carolina Govenor Mark Sanford admits to an affair. His wife asks him to leave weeks before he makes his admission to preserve her sense of right and wrong as well as her dignity. She is a woman of faith and has struggled with finding forgiveness and reconciliation in the marriage. It takes alot of noble character to do so.
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Posted in Business, competition, economy, failure, Fear, finances, government, Labor, leadership, loss, MONEY, news, observations on Apr 25th, 2009
Hey, today’s news is a mixed bag regarding the auto industry. Chrysler is struggling to meet an April 30th deadline that will determine whether it is able to join with automaker Fiat in some kind of a partnership or whether they will be on the road to filing for bankruptsy. Ford made an announcement [...]
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Posted in attitude, death, emotions, life, loss, observations, Opportunities, pain and misery, relationships, well-being on Mar 1st, 2009
Do you ever wish you could undo something, un-think something, un-feel something, not know something, not see something—In other words, go back in time and avoid an event or possibly create different circumstances so that something didn’t happen? I’ve often wondered if we could rewind time…how often we would be successful at creating a [...]
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Posted in accomplishments, attitude, coaching, communication, denial, disaster, Dreams, emotions, encouragement, failure, Faith, family, Fear, finances, friendship, Frustration, future, goals, help, hopes, inspiration, life, loss, news, observations, of connections, opinion, pain and misery, relationships, self doubt, spiritual, success, support, trauma, values on Feb 25th, 2009
I have been observing alot of situations in the news and in the events that happen around me…I’ve come to the conclusion that the secret in overcoming any challenges or events in life has to be in deciding not to let any circumstances or event define the rest of your life. I think a [...]
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