I hate to be the one to tell you this, but everything you need to know about life did NOT accrue to you in kindergarten. And you won’t get it all in high school. For sure, you won’t pick it up on the street, on a bar stool or in a pool hall. And the…
[From Season of Life by Pulitzer Prize winning author Jeffrey Marx, Simon & Schuster, 2003] Gilman High School in Maryland has an unusual and highly successful football team. And its coaches have a few unusual rules — such as an ironclad rule that no Gilman football player should ever let another Gilman boy — teammate or not — eat lunch by…
Sitting at a stop light with my mind wa/ondering on and off about nothing and everything all at the same time, I became peripherally aware of a small, gray, animated “presence” moving along the sidewalk. It would alternately roll over, then climb a small wall, then turn itself inside out, hurry on down the sidewalk,…
Gratification is the intimate and ultimate driving force of first and last resort: We want and NEED to be happy! If love is what makes the world go around, happiness is the overarching sentiment involved. But how we go about being happy, when, and how much? Answers to these questions comprise much of…
The measure of a sports figure’s stature in his or her chosen sport is PLAYING TIME. The better you are, the more playing time you get. And it’s not just scoring that counts. Rebounds, defense, and assists are huge contributions that add critical value to playing time. Consistency is also important. Teams value someone they can…