Written on January 29, 2023 – 10:16am   Published January 31, 2023  5:15am When I was around 25, I read what would be one of the most life-changing important books:  THE SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE by Stephen R. Covey.  32 years later, I still own the copy of the book and I also have […]

Written on January 21, 2023  11:45am.  Published January 24, 2023. Since July 3, 1989, I have been a high school music teacher.  I can not think of another profession that needs to be as giving or generous than a high school music teacher.  The number of hours high school music teachers give to their students

Written January 8th, 2023 – Published January 17, 2023 What does a relationship look like to you? A relationship to me is something I give time to / invest in.  A relationship is connection.  What is important to know about relationships is you and I get to choose our relationships.  We don’t choose family, yet

Written December 22, 2023 (Published January 10, 2023) We are ten days into the new year!  How are you doing?  Me?  Well, as you can see above, I haven’t experienced one new day in 2023!  I do plan to be EXCELLENT (smile). Faith is a topic that is extremely personal.  As the United States continues

Written on December 22, 2022 (Published January 3, 2023) HAPPY NEW YEAR!! I hope you had a wonderful New Year’s Eve with those closest to you.  As you can see, I did write this on December 22, 2022.  Therefore, I cannot really tell you whether or not I had a great New Year’s Eve!  I

9 January 1967, New Castle (PA) News, “Strictly Personal” by Sydney J. Harris, pg. 4, col. 6: How to tell a Winner from a Loser: A winner says, “Let’s find out”; a loser says, “Nobody knows.” When a winner makes a mistake, he says, “I was wrong”; when a loser makes a mistake, he says, “It

Written on December 13, 2022 (Shared with y’all on December 20, 2022) Truth Helpful Inspiring Necessary Kind I find cool things like the acronym above and ask, “What would our world be like if we taught that to our children?”  Would be different and possibly even better than it is now. What is frustrating is

Posted December 13, 2022 (Written December 5, 2022 –  3:40pm) Family.  I never would have thought I would live to see the day “family” would be such a controversial organization.  Yet, in the ‘fight’ to keep the United States of America – THE United States of America, we need to defend FAMILY. Here is my

Posted on December 6, 2022 (Written on December 3, 2022 – 7:15am) How’s your health?  That used to be a personal question.  That question may still be too personal for you.  However, since COVID19 (the ‘shutdown’), it seems that health is another private topic gone public! Well, I will answer the question.  My health needs

Thanks for taking the time to read this.  We are working out of John C. Maxwell’s book, MAKE TODAY COUNT.  I will give you an outline of each chapter.  The outline is meant to introduce you to the book, as well as help you MAKE TODAY COUNT.  Remember that every day is an opportunity to