For over 7 years, we’ve had the privilege of writing our Sharing Life’s Lessons column for you, and our other loyal readers. As we’re writing this final installment for some beloved local papers that are closing, we’re saddened that an era of community papers is dwindling. We’re also filled with immense

In case you’re not familiar with it, the above classic quote is from a movie in 1967 called ‘Cool Hand Luke’. Luke, played by Paul Newman, is on a prison chain gang.  Luke hears this communication regularly from the prison warden when Luke get punished for not readily following the commands of

Have you ever been part of a team? In sports, one of the things you hear coaches talk about is the importance of teamwork. If you followed either the men’s or women’s basketball NCAA tournaments, you will have heard the broadcasters constantly talking

Do you consider yourself to be an optimist? We got to thinking about this recently when we received a message from a lifelong friend. He talked about all the blessings in his life, in fact, his words were overflowing about living life abundantly.

Have you noticed there seems to be an increasing feeling of angst in the world today? There’s more anxiety, depression, and even increased suicide rates. These things can happen when people lose a sense of hope.

Are you a caregiver? More and more people that we know are in a position of needing to care for a loved one. As our population is aging, caregiving is an issue that is becoming more and more widespread in our society. We are reminded of quote by Roselyn

Have you even been discouraged by failure when trying to reach a goal? We’ve all felt that way at some time in life. Winston Churchill said, “Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” Let’s discuss that idea further.