By Dr. Glenn Mollette Life becomes more difficult if we give up. Impossible may be a better way to describe quitting. Once we quit then how can we expect to go forward or be successful? We can’t because the runner wins by staying in the race. Only one person wins
By Dr. Glenn Mollette Fall has arrived. This is not earth shattering news, but very welcome news if you have been living in 95 degree plus heat. For those of us who have, we are welcoming cooler temperatures. Autumn can be several weeks of happy weather, but by the time
By Dr. Glenn Mollette Surprises can be deadly. A devastating flood recently hit Nepal and China. A glacier collapse caused a massive flood that killed approximately 1,300 people and left more than 5,000 missing. The flood destroyed entire communities, including the border crossing between Nepal and China and caused over
By Dr. Glenn Mollette I was in the third grade when my teacher announced that president John F. Kennedy had been shot. I was in the parking lot of an auto parts store in Englewood, Ohio when I heard on the radio that Elvis had died. I will always remember
By Dr. Glenn Mollette We all need a few strategies for navigating the highway of life. Here is a simple rule. Don’t fight with people at a buffet. When someone breaks in front of you to grab for the fried chicken or mashed potatoes then simply back off. Let them
By Dr. Glenn Mollette There is more than one way to learn. The formal method is the classroom. Elementary, junior, and high school. This is of course the minimum standard for our society today. Many of us spent years of other classroom studies. Today many people are studying online or
By Dr. Glenn Mollette A retired friend of mine fishes three or four times a week. He does it because he enjoys it and it is something to do. A retired school teacher friend played organized basketball until he was 85. He played in college and enjoyed the game his
By Dr. Glenn Mollette Creating passive income is lingo that you probably have heard or thought about more than once. Generating an ongoing flow of cash that keeps coming is welcome by most of us. Seminars are often held by different entities explaining their technique for how to build a
By Dr. Glenn Mollette We have been seeing and hearing news about the possibility of permanent Daylight Savings Time (DST). Will this work better for you? There is a song called “Tulsa Time”. In the song, Don Williams sings about living on Tulsa Time. When he arrived in California, nobody
By Dr. Glenn Mollette Delay is not always the best plan but you can’t do everything today. You can delay paying your utility bills a few days but you can’t delay for very long because the utility company will turn off your power or water. You can delay mowing your
By Dr. Glenn Mollette The National Council of Churches says 15,000 churches are expected to close this year and 100,000 more churches are at risk of closing over the next few years. Their reasoning is because younger generations are not attending and operating costs have increased. They don’t provide a
By Dr. Glenn Mollette Summer arrives slowly and disappears quickly. This all depends on where you live of course. If you are in southern Florida, Texas, Arizona, or California, then warm and very hot days are almost always a part of life. For those of us a little further north,
By Dr. Glenn Mollette May is a busy month with Mother’s day, graduations, and Memorial day weekend activities. Hopefully these occasions have presented or are presenting you with opportunities to connect with friends and family. Too often, as we get older, our connection time with people is at the funeral
By Dr. Glenn Mollette Men and women who run for political offices must be men and women of the people and for the people. Political jobs are jobs for the people. A person who holds a political office must know that he or she is serving a massive number of
By Dr. Glenn Mollette We are bombarded daily with news, advertisements, telemarketers, text advertisements, and annoying phone calls. All of this is physically and emotionally draining. For the last 20 years I have listened to, watched and read the news. Sadly, most of the news is bad, negative and depressing.
By Glenn Mollette We should never put off till tomorrow what we can do today. The biggest problem with this is that we can’t do everything today. Life has to be spaced out and we have to hope and pray that we will have the opportunity to do some or
By Dr. Glenn Mollette According to media reports former Lt. Governor Justin Fairfax recently murdered his wife, Cerina. He then took his own life. He was only 47 years old. She was 48. Justin Fairfax had been a rising star in the Democratic party. He served as the Lieutenant Governor
By Dr. Glenn Mollette There aren’t that many seasons of freedom in life. If you are in one, enjoy the season. When you are a child, you do as your parents say and go where they allow you to go. You are also tied to many, many years of school.
By Dr. Glenn Mollette Life can have some scary moments. We have all been there or may be there at any given time. Sickness scares us. Dealing with a debilitating illness is scary. Cancer is scary. Heart disease is scary. Dying is scary. We fear having enough food, money, housing
By Dr. Glenn Mollette Friendship is a two-way street. If a relationship is totally dependent on one person it won’t last very long. If you have to make all the effort a friendship will soon die. One person, does not make a friendship, marriage, or any kind of relationship. The
