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“I see you ridin’ around town with the girl I love and I’m like, ‘Forget You’…” Man I laughed when I heard this jam today. And I won’t lie, if profanity bothers you, stick to the edited version. But besides being a comical rendition in the spirit of 60s Motown, this song by Cee Lo …
Category: Bigger than Me, Character, Today's Post
If you had something important to say, something that would warn others of impending danger would you say it? What if you could be sure your audience would rebuke you? What if you could be certain that your message was true but it was literally the kind of thing that you could be sure would …
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Category: Bigger than Me, Character, Skills, Today's Post
Some guy approached the rear of the van I was driving today on the way to my team’s game and shut the door to where my gas cap goes. I saw him in my rear view mirror. That’s never happened before. And at the same time I was having a conversation about the lack of …
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Category: Bigger than Me, Today's Post
Oneness is a mystery, unity an enigma. The concept is elementary. The application near impossible. Even teams that win championships seldom achieve unity, though they brag as if they have when what they’ve actually done is manipulate rosters and pay obscene amounts of money to guys motivated to make even more money. True oneness is …
Category: Bigger than Me, Character, Team, Today's Post
Now that Brett Favre is hurt, Kobe is entering the latter stages of his career and Tiger’s gaze no longer intimidates golfers worldwide it’s appropriate to ask, “What’s next?” What is the next step after you’ve been defined by one thing for so long? How do you move onto equally valuable pursuits that reproduce a …
Category: Character, Play, Skills, Today's Post
From the time we’re children to the present we’ve resisted help. From tying my own shoes to paying my own rent I’ve always desired independence, autonomy and self-sufficiency. I’m not sure where it originates but something materializes in man that makes for hard headed rebellion. My mom used to say that a “hard head makes …
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Category: Bigger than Me, Character, For Further Study, Today's Post
When my home’s front door got kicked in last week, I was upset. My wife was furious. Talk about real. There’s likely nothing more real than somebody coming in your house without an invitation, especially when you’re not home. Surprisingly I’ve spoken to probably three friends minimum who all have experienced burglary. Apparently there’s nothing …
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Category: Bigger than Me, Character, Today's Post
