Keep Looking
If you don’t find the solution, you might need to keep looking. What did you do right? What could you have done better? What did you do right, but still wasn’t quite enough? We all can keep looking for something Read More …
Category: opinion
Red White Blue and You
Typically, Independence Day is red white blue and you – all of you – our neighbors, friends and family. As we gather in smaller numbers, we make sure to acknowledge the history of our country. While the telling of it Read More …
Independent Decisions
While people are free to make their own independent decisions, sometimes it is easier, to go along with the crowd. Say what you think. Speak up for yourself. Make your voice heard. Choose what is right for you. Listen and Read More …
Not Something You Did
You should be able to feel better if is was not something you did. You didn’t break it. You didn’t install it wrong. You didn’t assemble it upside down. Even it is not something you did – it has to Read More …
Stepping Up To Get It Done
Our area of the state is finally going green, not in the way that you used to think of that, but still. It is a good thing. (Maybe.) What is best, is hearing staff who are stepping up to get Read More …
Consistency Is Key
It is fun to be spontaneous, but consistency is key to success. Establishing a routine. Showing up. Doing what you say you will. Being on time. (I still try to work on this…at least they know what to expect.) Having Read More …
The Endless Work Day
Today, with telework you have to be the one to decide how much is too much or you can get caught in the endless work day. Aspiring promotees used to come in early and stay late in order to impress Read More …
Long, Long History
There is a long, long history of things that have been terrible, horrible life altering events. Reading about them, whether in non-fiction, autobiographies or historical fiction that may elaborate more details and “humanize” the story as well as in classes Read More …
Don’t Look
Sometimes, the things that are happening around you cause your mind to scream, don’t look. Yet, somehow, we must. If you can look away, you are better off. I am not saying to put your head in the sand and Read More …
History Won’t Change
Tearing down statues may make people feel better. It may even be the right thing to do. No matter what happens, the past history won’t change. People, today, must be the change they want to see happen. So many years Read More …