To avoid a wasted youth, there are five things you should know. Before, I share those five things, I want to reveal what comes to my mind when I think of a wasted youth. When I hear a wasted youth, I am reminded of the quote by George Bernard Shaw – “youth is wasted on the young”. We all generally understand what the word “wasted” means but to ... [Continue Reading]
The Importance of Remembering Life Is a Process
Life is a process and yesterday I was reminded about life's process. While I was sitting in the Brasilia airport waiting for a flight home, I observed something strange, yet familiar. What I observed in the airport, caused me to have a revelation. This revelation was not something that was unfamiliar to me. Quite the opposite. In fact, it is ... [Continue Reading]
Be Careful The Universe Works To Give You What You Ask For
Be careful the universe works to give you what you ask for sounds like a threat or does it sound like a promise? In actuality, the phrase - the universe works -can be either an imminent warning of bad things to come or the assurance of something great just around the bend. How you perceive, more importantly, how you actualize the expression ... [Continue Reading]
Hidden Secrets Guaranteed to Make You Better Than You Ever Imagined
In my previous post, I shared the one thing that I was most proud of as a father. In this post, I want to take a few minutes to share something shocking. Now hold on tight as my admission will no doubt shake you to your core. You ready? Here it goes. I’m not perfect. I have made plenty mistakes. And as a parent, I believe that I once made a ... [Continue Reading]
One Secret Guaranteed to Give Your Child a Huge Head Start in Life
More than a few times, I have been asked, “what’s the one secret about being a parent that you are most proud”. Each time that I am asked the question, I have given what feels like an insufficient response. How do I pick just one thing? The other day, I was confronted with the question again. Instead of answering quickly, I decided to reflect ... [Continue Reading]
Happy National Parents’ Day!
I’m not sure how many of you are aware of this but every fourth Sunday in July has been designated as National Parents’ Day. Today is the fourth Sunday in July. Happy National Parents’ Day! The day was adopted by Congress and signed into law in 1994 by President William Jefferson Clinton. The goal of the Resolution was to encourage Americans ... [Continue Reading]
Every Father and Son Should Have a Tradition: Day Eight
Day Eight: Father – Son Tradition, I’m Going Back to Indiana This was the last leg of our journey. When we went to bed last night we did so realizing that our eight-day tour was coming to an end. We also went to bed hoping – praying – to get just one decent night of sleep. Wouldn’t you know it the worse looking of all the hotels we stayed in ... [Continue Reading]
Every Father and Son Should Have a Tradition: Day Seven
Day Seven: Father – Son Tradition, Good Thing George Zimmerman Doesn’t Work for MARTA Well we are now on the back-end of our journey and we are getting to the end of our rope of living in hotel rooms. It doesn’t appear in the cards for us to get a good night’s sleep. Everywhere we go it seems someone is conspiring against us sleeping more than 5 ... [Continue Reading]
Every Father and Son Should Have A Tradition: Day Six
Day Six: Father – Son Tradition, Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow Today was our final day on Hilton Head Island. Not wanting to take any moment or opportunity for granted, when we woke we put on our swim trunks – after brushing our teeth of course – and hurried outside. We went back to the ocean – to commune with the Atlantic once ... [Continue Reading]
Every Father and Son Should Have A Tradition: Day Five
Day Five: Father – Son Tradition, Ricky Bobby’s and Be Be’s Kids Have Gone Wild Another morning where I just wanted to stay in bed. I did not want to move. I found my lazy spot and it was good. There was a lot of tossing and turning going on in our room last night. I think Naeem and I both were still a bit traumatized by our time on the ... [Continue Reading]