The Background Check

The Background Check I just watched a forty-five-minute video debate on guns. All the one guy would keep saying over and over was they should require a background check. Other than getting or buying a gun from a family member or friend, I know of no legal gun shop, gun show, or any licensed dealer […]

The Great Divide

The Great Divide Friends and family create separate social media pages and even identities out of fear of losing friends and family. They fear if they speak openly about their political stance or anything else they may share different views on; that friend or even family member may not speak to them anymore, or even […]

Say what you mean, mean what you say

What exactly do I mean? I mean do not let your mouth go in motion before your brain does. So often we will let our emotions speak for us when our emotions are out of control. When we let our emotions talk for us more often than not, we say things we later regret. Even […]

Draw the line

I was watching a program earlier and there was a person that was arguing (Biology 101) with some other people. His argument was there is a male and a female, you are one or the other. And they started telling him how this one (identified) as this, and this one (Identified) as that, and so […]

HAVE YOU EVER

Have you ever Have you ever made someone smile? Not just a smile because you are being silly or cute. Not just a smile because they are trying to be polite or courteous. Have you ever made someone smile in such a way that you could feel that smile deep inside? Have you? Have you […]

No one had to ask me

When you were sick, no one had to ask me to care for you. I love you and care about you, so how could I not? When you were injured and hurt, no one asked me to get you medical attention. They did not have to. I love you and care about you, how could […]

Sheep/Peer pressure

Are you in the click? You know the IN group. The popular people. Are you with the “haves”, or the “have not’s”? Or to put it more plainly, are you with the sheep, or are you with the people that think for themselves? I remember even when I was in grade school, lower elementary, there […]

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Misery Loves Company

You would think that when a person was sad and miserable with their life and the direction their life was going, they would be doing everything they could to conquer that misery and change the direction of their miserable life. Sadly, it is not always the way it is. Some that are drowning in misery […]

Being your own man

What exactly is being your own man? Does it mean you consult your guy friends before you make any decisions? Does it mean that you consult your guy friends about your relationship? Or perhaps being your own man making sure that your guy friends never see you being a real husband or father to your […]