We are quick to point fingers, to sit as judge and jury, and to serve as experts on the behavior and lives of others. But we never truly understand their reality, their circumstances, the environment of their lives. We would be disgusted with … [Read more...]
Loyalty
Loyalty cannot be blueprinted. It cannot be produced on an assembly line. In fact, it cannot be manufactured at all, for its origin is the human heart-the center of self-respect and human dignity. It is a force which leaps into being only when … [Read more...]
Bad Diets, Bad Results
Now that the holiday barbecue is long gone, and the empty beer bottles comfort each other at the bottom of the recycling bin, the guilt of a face well fed has taken over. "You can never outwork a bad diet", a good friend told me. As someone who … [Read more...]
Love or Perfection: which comes first?
Do I love you because you are perfect? Or, are you perfect because I love you? Each of us would answer in the affirmative to the second question, were it asked about a parent or a sibling or an offspring. However, the standard might shift when … [Read more...]