Playing Tetherball With A Seven Year Old
"Never, ever, ever, underestimate the power your words have." - Jeff Goins The summer before seventh grade, I went to summer camp with my...
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That's All There Is To It
"You are always a student, never a master. You have to keep moving forward." - Conrad Hall We all have our ideas as to what particular...
A Single True/False Question Evaluation
As you know, the big theme for the 2019 year of quote essays is thinking bigger picture and living each day with a big picture...
Who Told You That?
My dad and I are both pretty big podcast fans, and as a runner, I have the opportunity to listen to sermons from churches I previously...
Why You Should Consider Opening a Restaurant
I’m writing this essay en route to a weekend excursion to Bloomington, Illinois and, as a side effect of driving with my dad, I was...
You are a Human BEING
"Almost anything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes... including you." - Anne Lamott I don't like writing about the...
Killing Human Pride
“A strong leader accepts the blame and gives the credit.” - John Wooden We’ve been studying WW1 in social studies and looking at the four...
When Kindness Hurts
You’d be hard pressed to look anywhere in society and find someone who opposes kindness. I mean there are some cold, heartless people in...
9 Reasons I Would Disinvent Social Media
My Halle and I frequently engage on the subject of “random questions to ask friends.” Occasionally it turns romantic, it’s kind of cute:...
Lose the Battles. Not the War.
"The war of my life had begun; and though one of God's most powerless creatures, I resolved never to be conquered." - Harriet Ann Jacobs...
An Unconventional Valentine's Day Essay
"When someone else's happiness is your happiness, that is love." - Lana Del Rey We're here at this time of year when we think about our...
Bigger Dreaming, Bigger Thinking
If you haven’t listened to the TED talks by Sir Ken Robinson you should try and find some time for that this week on your commute to work...
The Hateful Bigot in All of Us
"Let no man pull you low enough to hate him." - Martin Luther King Jr. I didn't have a topic in mind when I started researching for this...
Enough With Fake People
"My concern is how we learn to be genuine human beings." - Lloyd Alexander This week was our open house at the high school. I was really...
Kindness: You Can't Always See the Ripples
"No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted." - Aesop This quote of the week essay is brought to you by an experience I had...
Be Terrified
I don’t know what scares you, but nothing scares me more than putting myself out in the world socially. One would think, considering I...
A Word About Mission
"Outstanding people have one thing in common: an absolute sense of mission." - Zig Zigler New Year is a time when we typically think...
The Secret About Christmas Spirit
“I wish we could put some of the Christmas spirit in jars and open a jar of it every month.” - Harlan Miller As adults and teenagers, I...
For the Love of All That's Holy! Use Your Brain!
"If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking." - George S. Patton One of the biggest issues with society these days is...
Be the Gatorade
“Do it again. Play it again. Sing it again. Read it again. Write it again. Sketch it again. Rehearse it again. Run it again. Try it...
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