View Point – Focusing in on What Matters
Do you make choices in life as a result of what others may think, or are you the type of person that throws caution to the wind with little regard of the judgments that may follow? Also, if you knew that others were watching your every move would that make a difference in your decisions? I remember, as a teenager thinking that there were people in this world who had the ability to read minds,...
Read MoreStanding on Mountains – You Must Believe it to Achieve It
There is a single word that I feel should not exist. I actually have taken a black permanent marker and have blotted this word from the pages of my dictionary. By doing so I demonstrated to my kids the importance of making a stance and having conviction in taking control of your own destiny. This single action against this single word states to myself, and the world, that simply, “I...
Read MoreWarmth In a Lonely World – You Are Not Alone
I took this photograph over two months ago and have sat down on three separate occasions, with it before me, to write an article for this site. Each time my attempt failed as a stupor of thought clouded my mind. “Why can’t words come regarding this image?” Then I asked myself, “For what purpose was it taken?” The answer flooded my mind as I awoke in the early dawn this morning....
Read MoreStrength In Numbers
Before dawn rose or birds greeted the day, I witnessed several hundred determined souls joined together in the darkness to take on a challenge that most would question their sanity for even considering. The dark of night could not keep the path before us shaded. Streaming down from each set of handle bars and helmet mounts, beams of light created patches of glowing puddles that illuminated...
Read MoreAge Is Really a State of Mind
Wow, is this ever an awesome subject to write about! Literally, my head is spinning with all the directions I can go. But the one that stands out the most is how each of us deal with the changing sands of time with our outer looks versus our inner view. Do we handle aging and the problems that come with it with grace or are we fighting, screaming and digging our claws in to that barren...
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