[December 2, 2022] Yes, I am at the Emergency Department (no longer the ER) of my local hospital to find out that my kidney stone is stuck in the urethra tube, causing swelling in the kidney and great, mind screaming pain. Maybe an 11 on a 1 to 10 pain scale. Worse than being injured in combat. Drugs… Read More »
[July 17, 2022] Growing up, baseball was our game. Every boy in my school played it. We all played on a Little League team, we enjoyed pick-up baseball in the streets, and even while running through the backyards of our neighborhood. Sometimes we won, sometimes we lost. My dad’s advice, “It’s not whether you win or lose, but… Read More »
[June 30, 2022] Before the last U.S. Presidential election, I summarized 20 proposed traits a senior leader must possess; traits that would make them successful. They don’t need them all, but they will fail if they are off-target on most. I’m not going to go over all today to compare VP Kamala Harris point by point (you can… Read More »
[May 25, 2022] On one very hot, very sunny, very dangerous morning one day in the Iraq desert, my Soldiers came upon an unusual geological formation near a small village. We were searching for dirt fill to build walls to protect a new combat outpost. My Soldiers were about to discover something that our ancestors knew – that… Read More »
[May 24, 2022] Never underestimate your enemy. The ‘enemy’ symbolically refers to people opposed to you, those with competitive opposing ideas, desires, and missions. They could be an opposing army, a terrorist group, a strongman dictator, a megalomaniac who wants to destroy the world, or the metaphysical Devil. The enemy can be as tiny as a drunk friend… Read More »
[May 23, 2022] Just as luck would have it, my wife treated me to a trip to Lancaster, PA, to see the Biblical play “David” at the Sight & Sound Theater. The play was the best I have ever experienced. In the past, I saw many plays on Broadway in Manhattan, NY – the most professional performances found… Read More »
[May 18, 2022] Faith in God is mocked as primitive and superstitious; at its best, faith is, we are told, for the uneducated and gullible. No one who has seen the great scientific advancements in medicine, engineering, agriculture, and such, can believe in an unseen higher being. Despite all this, remember your faith We can observe that we… Read More »
[May 17, 2022] Obey the rules. Be the best at following them. Break the rules when doing so supports the central purpose of those rules. There is an old principle in life that we should obey the rules of the game; moral rules, community morés, family customs, and laws and regulations of a judicial system. Rules are most… Read More »
[May 15, 2022] In my experience, happiness1 is not one of the goals we should pursue. When happiness hits us, yes!, that is something to appreciate. But the notion that happiness is a proper measure by which to judge a successful life2, is the weakest of beliefs. The rule of life is to go after the noble goal… Read More »
[May 14, 2022] One of the certainties in life is that you don’t get something if you don’t aim at it, like the Olympic archer who hits the bulls-eye only when aiming correctly. Find your mission in life. Surprisingly, many folks are reluctant to make their goals clear; they do not have to talk about failure by doing… Read More »