Note: I wrote this a month after my wife passed away 15 years ago. Have you ever tried to talk rationally to a smoker about the effects of smoking? Oh boy, I think I’d rather have a discussion about the need for ethics with George Bush. Smokers will listen, nod their head, sometimes say they can or will quit someday, but they will not change. You’ll hear such idiocy as “it’s my body and I’ll do what I want with…
How I learned that we’re all people regardless of skin color, culture, race, religion, and other characteristics.
Looking back on my life, I’m astounded the difference a few words made to my habits, relationships and feelings about myself. Just a couple of phrases, spoken in the heat of the moment, changed so much and resulted in a dramatically different me than I might have become. I liken it to the butterfly effect; according to chaos theory, something very small, such as the flapping of a butterfly’s wings, can result in a hurricane thousands of miles away. These…