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Caring In A World Awash In Need

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The word “care” is one of the most commonly used words in our vocabulary. One reason is that modern communication is the driving force behind our increasing awareness of everything that’s happening throughout the world — including situations deserving or often pleading for whatever care we can provide.

That need involves a dizzying number of people, institutions, events, and things. Close to home, that includes relatives, friends, then extends outwardly and in no particular order to include the dislocated, sick, elderly, homeless, unemployed, disadvantaged, and handicapped, then on to structures, institutions, organizations, plus such natural elements as water, plants, animals … Read the rest “Caring In A World Awash In Need”

Face Up, Brace Up, And Get With It

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Regardless of where in our society such words might be used, there’s a good chance too many people would consider them harsh, maybe even insulting. 

Yet, we have reached the point when such language should be considered not only in order, but encouraged when appropriate. They speak of courage, commitment, and a call to action at a time when hardness stemming from character is being replaced by permissive softness.

I need look no farther than myself to find a good example.

The small rural high school I attended fell far short in preparing me for the scholastic standards I was … Read the rest “Face Up, Brace Up, And Get With It”