Taking control
The power to direct or influence people’s behavior or the course of events. That is the definition of control, and a lot of people like taking it. This includes self-control, so before we begin controlling others let’s start there. Do you have good self-control? There are times when I go through my life as if […]
If you want to win, run against the wind.
When you look at the title of this post (If you want to win, run against the wind), you might think that’s advice for running faster. It is not, because in real life the opposite is true, at least for sprinters. Logic, you say, would dictate that you would get stronger running against the wind, […]
The price of free speech
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking lately about the price of free speech. Naturally, since my thoughts are known only to me and God (and sometimes my wife), those thoughts are fairly free. As it happens, however, there are some thoughts you are no longer allowed to have in certain places. Technically you can […]