I'm thankful for my country. Being born and raised in the United States, and having only visited several other countries in a couple of other continents for short periods, it is natural for me to love my own country. It is not perfect by any wild stretch of the imagination, and with each passing year …
Tag: Attitude
I’m Thankful For My Home
We've lived in our current home for 25 years. It's a modest Cape Cod home in St. Matthews (Louisville), Kentucky. Our boys were young when we purchased it and have long since moved away. We finished the basement in 2000 to have a nice hangout for our sons' friends and thoroughly enjoyed the years when …
I’m Thankful For My Work
“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” ― Confucius I work hard. I work long hours. I can't remember a year in recent memory where I didn't average more than 50 hours per week for my job. But I love what I do, and I am happy …
Killing Terrorists – Cause For Joy?
Friday night I watched the evening news broadcast from ABC. One of the stories was of the U. S. drone strike in Pakistan that killed a terrorist leader. In reporting the story, ABC's Brian Ross quoted an unnamed government official as saying "Life is good" in response to the news that the terrorist was killed. …
Don’t Worry
What is your reaction when people tell you not to worry about something? Maybe you feel like saying, "That's easy for you to say, but I can't help worrying about it!" All of us worry about things from time to time - some of us more than others. Some seem to not be "happy" unless …
