SabersEdge – Cutting Through the Lies to Get to the Truth
BREAK FREE OF THE HERD – JOIN THE LIONS – DO SOMETHING REAL WITH YOUR LIFE
I have noticed in life that our strengths are often the same as our weaknesses. There are an almost limitless combination of events and challenges that make up each persons life. A person without strengths cannot make it through all of these challenges. However, a person who never grows beyond his or her strength becomes […]
Continue ReadingAs we approach a major upcoming election maybe we should ask ourselves what makes a good leader. For that I want to turn to Marcus Aurelius, Philosopher/Emperor of Rome and thought by some to be one of the best leaders of the ancient world. At a time when our future may well be decided by […]
Continue ReadingHow do we solve the problems we face when people cannot think for themselves or even communicate effectively? What happened? I recently was trying to solve a problem with a service provider through their chat service. I am used to having to talk to people on those for whom English is a second language as […]
Continue ReadingTo Be Rather than to Seem – ESSE QUAM VIDERI – People pretending to be something that they aren’t is not new. We are warned against them in ancient myth, in the Bible, and by great orators such as Cicero who spoke clearly against them in his Essay on Friendship 2000 years ago. People have […]
Continue ReadingWhat’s the meaning of life? Why are we here now? Today…in this place…you were born for such a time as this. Some faiths believe we choose the life we are born into and the challenges that we face. They also say some of us are too optimistic about what we think we can face before […]
Continue ReadingAs a Drill Sergeant I found that everyone is capable of doing more than they think they can. We all have weakness and times we want to give up but giving up can become a bad habit. Giving in to your bodies weakness, pain, or grumbling can become so much of a habit that you […]
Continue ReadingWelcome to What Your Father Should Have Taught You for the first Sunday in February 2024. This is not something that my father told me so much as showed me about how to live and relate to your children and family. From my earliest time I remember sitting on the front step with my dad, […]
Continue ReadingHave you ever encountered a fool who was always talking but had no knowledge of the issue(s) they were talking about? If you have used social media I know that you have. If you have ever been to a cocktail party or a kegger, or listened to an “ex-pert” on mainstream news I imagine you […]
Continue ReadingGrass does not grow on a road where many feet have trod. – African Proverb In other words, don’t expect to grow a family with someone who has had a myriad of sexual experiences. Expecting such a person to “narrow the field” and commit to just one person is not only socially but biochemically unreasonable. […]
Continue ReadingThe world is not a friendly place. We must fight for our right to exist. Thanks to the struggles and achievements of the generations that preceded us we have built a world that insulates us from the brutal knowledge of this truth; a truth that has formed us through the evolutionary process for millennia. This […]
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