Time for a time-out?

The question, “Are you having fun?” crossed my mind one night while I watched my son’s baseball game. The players seemed to be having fun, though as I watched I began to notice a cause-and-effect pattern. From time to time a player would strike out or get thrown out at a base, but that one…

How full is your tank?

As I stood at the gas station filling my car with gas a series of questions began to “pop” into my mind. “How full is your tank?” When was the last time you filled it to the brim? Are you one of those marginal feeders? You know, the ones that only put a couple of…

True Success in Education

In our desire to make the educational process uniform in this country, I think we have almost forgotten the true aims of education, especially with our youngest citizens. Education, at least in my mind, should entice, delight, intrigue and ignite a desire to know more, understand more and accomplish more—not numb or destroy in the…

Novel Solutions

What if we were taught to settle all our disagreements through a form of creative expression that captivated and inspired instead of hurting or destroying? What if we learned from a very early age that through the arts we could fully express ourselves? What if we also knew that without the ability to fully express…