To me, a shopping cart is a benchmark for character and integrity. No law says we need to return the shopping cart. We can choose to return it or simply leave it right there in the middle of the lot and then someone else must retrieve it. Character is who we are when no one […]
A simple Google search will return many nuanced variations to the terms doing well, being well, doing good, and being good. I established my perspective on this concept in an earlier blog, Being versus Doing. While Doing and Being are related, it is the order they come in that is critical. Society likes to define
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A nice perk of having a daughter live in Colorado, is the ability to hike mountains, passes and trails at elevation. I have been where that air is thin, the exertion, as well as the view, have taken my breath away. This is what initially comes to mind when I think of ‘thin places.’ The
“Cur Non” means “Why Not.” It is a famous quote by Marquis de Lafayette and is a motto at Lafayette College, my alma mater, named after the French hero of the American Revolution. When the 19-year-old Marquis de Lafayette asked the King of France to finance his journey to assist in America’s fight for freedom,
Pretty much everyone from the Pittsburgh area will know exactly what the phrase “redd up” means. Everyone else is likely confused. Redd up has its roots in a Middle English verb “redden”, which meant to rescue or free from, or to clear. It came to America with European immigrants who settled here. From my strong
When I was developing content for my first role as a High School Football and Character Coach, I sketched out 50 separate lessons around the “Be A …, Not A …” concept. I began sharing them in groups of 4-6 concepts per blog and this is my fifth part. We will see over time how
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Its August and preseason two-a-day practices for the upcoming football season have started. As both a player and coach, I experienced the challenge of summer camp and two-a-days many times. I have concluded the hardest practice to get through, mentally and physically, is the third day of wearing pads. The excitement of getting started carries
There is a pattern of come, stay, and then go. We all experience the need to come as well as go, but we also recognized there are times to stay. For each of these phases we could be called, asked, or invited. The decision to enter each phase can be conscious or instinctive. We can
This blog started out titled “Current and Relevant,” based on an interview I recently heard with Bruce Springsteen. Then I remembered notes on a blog in the works titled “From Relevance to Significance,” so I melded the two together to discuss being Current and Significant. Both significant and relevant have their place, however, they are
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Recently I was made aware of the term “othering” and based on how I heard it, I thought it was a newly created buzzword being bantered about in today’s hyper-polarizing media. However, I came to learn that the recent manner in the word usage started in the mid 1980’s (40 years ago). The term, othering,
