Man's house is broken into. His family heirlooms are stolen--gone forever. Man sees a legitimate need for locks on his house. Man shares his story with friends and neighbors. People feel insecure. Peace and stability retreat into the shadows. Man becomes a locksmith and begins to provide locks for friends and neighbors. The Locksmith becomes well known throughout the region and provides locks for many. He makes thousands of locks and improves his craft with every passing opp

One of the single biggest challenges of human interaction... Hostage taking. LIFE We erroneously hold life hostage to our expectations. And, when life doesn't deliver just as we feel it should we generally do one of two things: 1) Blame anyone or anything but "self" A scourge upon any society that validates this line of thinking... NOTE: As personal responsibility continues to retreat into the shadows... so goes the moral fiber of any society. or 2) Take responsibility...make

THE FIRST 50 children. Homogeneous… All on the same playground… A bully will emerge…or more than one… Emotions of hate & envy will motivate negative actions… Emotions of kindness will motivate positive actions… Emotions of forgiveness will motivate reconciliation in some willing cases… Games will be played. Feelings will get hurt. Leaders will emerge. Followers will follow. A microcosm of life…the rest-of-adult life that is yet to come for these unsuspecting children… It (l

I weary from hearing people scream nothing but "hate" at this country (the United States of America)... I weary from hearing people on all sides of the political aisle "cry foul" on account of so many issues but ONLY in very select fashion for just the part of the issue that feeds their narrative. "Let 'the people' have just enough of the truth to justify the lie that feeds my agenda..." Damn the truth... I weary from hearing and reading half truths and social media profaniti