Around eight years ago when we were in St. Thomas on vacation, I wrote down the following values. I had just finished a book about Benjamin Franklin and felt it was important to have my own values down on paper just as he had his. They are as relevant today as they were then. I would add a few more sentences now but we’ll leave that for another post.
Family & Love
Love your family, friends, neighbors, & others. Build trust & spend time with your family. Love thy neighbor. A strong …

It is impossible to know everything about every topic. The Internet is one representation of our combined global human knowledge and is so vast, dynamic, almost fluid, often controversial, sometimes plain wrong, and even hateful or funny. Yet if for a moment you consider the Internet to be an approximation of all current human knowledge, what percentage of its content do you know? I confess, I know nothing, a drop in the ocean.
Here is another perspective. We come to this world with much genetic programming and yet absolutely no memory …

I want to start writing some general thoughts about people, an incredibly difficult task given that everyone is different yet we are all basically the same. Let me start by saying that we need many good relationships with others for healthy living; and at the very basic core of every healthy relationship is trust between two people. Without trust, relationships cannot be more than transactional (and even then at least some trust must exist to be willing to transact). If you think this is very basic information, then perhaps you …

Next time you are considering a new purchase – small or large try to see beyond the price tag. What is the TOTAL cost of the item you’re considering to buy? Is it the price listed on the item? Absolutely not!
I believe the total cost of every item is significantly higher than just the price tag when you add the value you place on your time. From small purchases to once-in-a-lifetime large purchases, you commit yourself to at least the following:

The purchase itself – time spent getting to the store, …