“On my honor I will do my best to do my duty to God and my country, to obey the scout law, to help other people at all times, and to keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight.” This is the Boy Scout oath. Weekly scout meetings are the only place in this …
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RIP Common Sense
Philip K. Howard’s early ‘90s book “The Death of Common Sense” sites numerous examples of irrational governmental behavior beginning with the story of Mother Theresa’s attempted conversion of a burned out building in the Bronx to a shelter for homeless men. New York City halted the rehab just before it began because the Missionaries of …
Attitude is Indeed Everything
You’ve heard it said, and I can confirm, that ATTITUDE is INDEED EVERYTHING. It’s the only thing we can really control. Our attitude is affected by what is happening to us. So, whatever happens on the outside will continue to take shape. How we react and adjust to that which we cannot control is indeed …
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