LIFE IS TOUGH! It is unfair, untidy, ignoble in many respects, competitive, full of disease and disaster and takes an extraordinary measure of coping and nobility simply to make a decent “GO” of it. Yet life has its high points. It is important to draw these high points out from the basic backdrop and undercurrent…
It needs to be acknowledged at some point that a SAFER KENTUCKY begins very early in childhood development and requires intensive human development oversight. Parenting is crucial, but is so lacking in availability and effectiveness that “surrogate parenting” in the COMMUNITY is needed. First of all, nobody ever receives certifiable parenting instruction. Parents are left…
Sometimes technicalities get in the way of practicalities. Who cares about the biochemistry if you can cultivate a rose to bloom! We can infer a lot about the universe that we don’t totally understand, but we can also discover or suspect at least enough about it to be able to function meaningfully / operationally as we…
A fundamental conundrum in 21st Century life is finding something of intrinsic, compelling ultimate value into which we can unreservedly pour our time, energy and “unbridled spirit” for the duration. Life is changing so fast, and there are so many superficial diversions/distractions to navigate through and around, that we remain largely adrift and unanchored in…
“ … (have you ever been running, and decided you need to run a little faster … and then you WILLED it and it happened; have you ever tried to open a jar of pickles and decided you need to squeeze or turn a little harder, but not until you WILLED it did it happen; etc.) Our WILL…