What is it like when you pass through the Pearly Gates? Of course I don’t know, but the thought crossed my mind today in conjunction with a video I saw several years ago of a television show called “This is Your Life” with Muhammad Ali as the subject. Upon watching…
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Justifying the enjoyment of life while there is great suffering in the world.
The incredible legendary band “Earth, Wind, and Fire” was fabulous last night in concert at the newly constructed “First Bank Amphitheater” located about 30 miles south of Nashville just off of I-65 and I-840. I learned about the concert a day before and was very excited about hearing them. At…
King/Queen for a Day…or 70 Years
How do you become a King or a Queen? You can’t. The only way to become a King or Queen is to be the first born in the family of a King/Queen. You have absolutely no control over that. So…forget it. When you are born you don’t know any of…
A Good Place to Be: Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky
BG/WC/KY is good place to be. Why? It is growing. Why is that good? It means that something good is happening here and people want to be a part of it. It is economically diverse. The flagships that make the backbone of Bowling Green’s strength are Western Kentucky University, Fruit…
What is Freedom, Democracy, and Capitalism?
What is Freedom, Democracy, and Capitalism? Of course this article is going to be my take on these and related topics. I am writing this because I feel that today these concepts are largely misunderstood. Freedom: There are many definitions of “Freedom”. But the “Freedom” I am talking about here…
The Social Media Posting Jungle
“The current percentage of people using social media is 56.8% of the world’s total population. However, when we look into platform penetration rates from people in eligible audiences, 93.33% of 4.8 billion global internet users and 85% of 5.27 billion mobile phone users are on social media.” https://backlinko.com/social-media-users The…
Focus on Yourself and Mind your Business
The importance of self focus and minding your business. I am finding that it is difficult for me to just focus on myself and what I am doing. I find myself drifting away from this possibly all of my life and it is just now becoming apparent. Growing up there…
Fantasy Screens and Role Models
All the world is a screen, and we are just mere animated figures. Television, Film, and the Internet have created a situation in our minds that makes it difficult to discern reality from fiction. We speak of characters that we have seen on screen as if they are real people….
The Clean Cockpit
What does “being a professional” mean when speaking of the time you spend doing your job? I went to a “Civil Air Patrol” meeting a couple of years ago because of my interest in helping serve the community in some way. I had been in the Civil Air Patrol Youth…
Content: Advice, Stories, Media and what is really wanted?
Even as I sit here writing this I have to ask myself the question…”What am I writing and why?” Is it “Advice?”. Is it a “Story?” Is it a “Media” post? Well, the reason I am writing this post is because I am interested in reflecting on the idea on…