Author Archive: Dean Butler

As children growing up we are taught by our parents a lot about life through the use of fairy tales. I have always wondered just how many girls have actually kissed a frog. As much as these fairy tales have helped parents prepare children for their journeys in life, they have also hurt. We are […]

How is that working out for you? I mean really. If you think about it, I mean really think about it. You don’t have to break it down, dissect, and analyze every little detail, even though it would be beneficial to you, a simple pause and thought would suffice. You have people that claim some […]

So many are quick to announce they are grown. They want all to be aware that they are no longer a child and will not tolerate being treated like one. If you look up the definition of grown, It tells us fully grown is mature. Mature is showing the mental and emotional qualities of an […]

So many are quick to point out their 1st Amendment but I wonder how many have actually ever read it? The freedom of speech is pointed out most often. The freedom of speech, I wonder why it seems to be limited to only a chosen few? I mean surely those that put the programs we […]

Growing up we find encouragement in almost all that we do, by almost everyone that we know. Failure is not acceptable. We are encouraged to try again, and again, and again, and keep on trying until we succeed. Our family assures us that if we don’t give up we can do anything. We are told […]

My world, your world, everybody’s world. It is an amazing place, isn’t it? It can rain for days and flood the countryside, sooner or later the rain will subside and the torrent waters will soon calm and dissipate. We can dig an enormous hole and leave it or fill it with something else of our […]

Yes, I’m blaming you, you can blame me, and then we’ll get together and blame everyone else. In reality, it is all of our fault. I do it, you do it, everyone does it then we complain about when the shoe is on the other foot. Are you wondering what in the world am I […]

Do You Have One? I have often wondered if the conscience is something we are born with or if it is instilled in us by our parents, as we are taught right from wrong. I have my doubts about it being instilled in us by our parents, only because I have seen siblings whose conscience […]

So you want people to look past your outward appearance? You don’t want to be judged simply because you like ink, skin art, piercings, or tattoos. Did you ever stop to ask yourself, maybe it isn’t the tattoos after all? Maybe it is the split personality that others have told about you. Maybe it’s because […]

I am not a sheep. Sheep have been known to be great followers. They are by nature very social. They follow so blindly that should one sheep jump off a cliff to its death, if they are not stopped, every sheep in the herd will follow to the exact same demise. I have seen firsthand […]