Beyond Ourselves

My father had one mantra that he spoke to me quite often; “Son, what ever you do, don’t go into medicine.” He had lived his life in hospitals working as a lab technician and at times EMT. I learned a lot about medical profession watching and listening to him. Although it sustained our family well, … Read more

Priorities

Much has been written on keeping our priorities straight. However, it seems we (especially me) are not getting the message. I speak to people almost daily who are struggling to juggle their priorities and, typically, what I find is that the wrong ones are winning out. This is true in my own life as I … Read more

Network of Care

I ask in a recent post, “Do You Care”? If you read that post you know that my question was in relation to caring about another’s life while we are on our cell phones on the road. However, this got me thinking about a few friends who have been out of work recently. Two have … Read more

Indivisible

My wife and I were traveling this week taking some vacation to visit our son and his wife who are stationed at the Naval Base in Norfolk, Virginia. We had a good week with them and got to see a lot of the Virginia area where this country began. Their apartment is nice but not … Read more

Do You Care?

Do You Care? I know I have written on this numerous times below with varying levels of angst and hot sports opinions. But this time I want to plead to your sensibilities as rational human beings and ask; Do you care? Simple observation tells me you do not. National statistics tells me you do not. … Read more