You hear people all the time say, “I wish I had a lot of money.” But is money really the big problem solver? Can we buy our way through life? Sure, money helps pay the bills and buys us all we want, but it can also be a false hope, because you create all these …
Do you feel like you are going around in circles, or as they used to say, “chasing your tail”? Irving Berlin wrote this song for a movie called “Blue Skies” in 1946 and it speaks to just that. “A greyhound who had lots of speed was surely bound to fail for morning, noon and evening, …
Life can be difficult when we are younger, because there are so many decisions that have to be made. When we are in High School the big question is, “What do I want to be when I grow up? Should I go to college or should I get married? Should I work here or there?” …
Today suicide is at epidemic perportions. People are giving up hope in the midst of their circumstances. There was a song back in the 60’s called “Ode to Billy Joe.” It was sung by Bobby Gentry and it had everyone bussing. It starts out like this, “ It was the third of June, another sleepy, …
The Rolling Stones sang a song called Time is on My Side. But is time really on our side? A song from Fiddler on the Roof called Sunrise Sunset tells us this about how time passes so quickly in our lives, “Is this the little girl I carried? Is this the little boy at play? I don’t …
Everyone has a tradition that they have, or their family has. Traditions and customs have been around probably since the beginning of time. You see athletes do all kinds of things before and during a game, but most of that is only superstition. Traditions are like picnics and fireworks on the Fourth of July or …
John Lennon sang a song called “Imagine”. In the song he asks us to imagine a world without a heaven or hell, no countries, no religion, no possessions, no greed or hunger, all the people sharing all the world. He asks us to join all those who believe in such a world. Let’s imagine with …
Today so many people are dying from fentanyl and an assortment of other drugs. We want to look at how we got here. Back in the 1960’s drug use was like today. so America declared war. The War on Drugs began in June 1971 when President Nixon declared drug abuse to be “public enemy number …
The Shirelles sang a song in 1960 that asks the question, Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? One of the verses says this, “ Is this a lasting treasure or just a moment’s pleasure? Can I believe the magic of your sighs? Will you still love me tomorrow?” Today that same question holds true. But …
Every sport has its rules. The players know these rules, and when they break a rule the team is penalized. This keeps the game fair and orderly. Every town and county, and state, and even country, has its rules or laws, it’s all the same. We all know them, at least we should know the …
