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Steps to Help the World Get Right

Focusing on the journey instead of the destination is the key to finding joy and happiness. A life well-lived is a journey of discovery. Bunches of behaviors on my path have been revealed that I don’t understand, including some that seem just flat-out unacceptable

Continue ReadingThis entry was posted in Listicles & Rankings, Way of Life, Were It Within My Power on December 3, 2021 by LSomerbyCooke.
Mindfulness

The Heart-Hurt of a Friend’s Passing

It has been my good fortune to have a small, close-knit circle of bosom buddies — BFFs who are truly soul mates and confidantes. If not lifelong, then at minimum decades-long chums who want me in their life and vice versa

Continue ReadingThis entry was posted in Relationships, Way of Life on November 17, 2021 by LSomerbyCooke.
Paper Person

Not a Boat Guy

I’ve got a buddy who has always been a water and boat guy. Growing up, he was always on the water. He loved to fish and took every opportunity to do so. As far back as I can remember, he

Continue ReadingThis entry was posted in Way of Life on November 16, 2021 by LSomerbyCooke.
Boat on Sea

What Constitutes Business Success?

I’ve always believed it’s important that those who have had a modicum of career success, regardless of the field, be there for the up-and-coming generation of wage earners, especially soon-to-be and recent college graduates. Providing counsel, being a reference

Continue ReadingThis entry was posted in Business, Character on October 21, 2021 by LSomerbyCooke.
Words

The Curse of Good Intentions

Covid time-out should have translated to more opportunities to move forward on at least a few of the many good intentions that seemingly have lived the entirety of their existence on the to-do shelf of my life. Didn’t happen

Continue ReadingThis entry was posted in Character, Way of Life, Were It Within My Power on October 15, 2021 by LSomerbyCooke.
Good Intentions

Nominee For Persons of the Year — Our Teachers!

If there was ever a group of professionals who deserve our year-round praise, especially during these challenging times, it’s teachers. Our teachers are passionate, caring heroes who set out every day of their professional lives to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge

Continue ReadingThis entry was posted in Character, Way of Life, Were It Within My Power on September 23, 2021 by LSomerbyCooke.
Teacher With a Child

Where’s the Refund Line?

I need some quick cash. Major anniversary on the horizon. I’m looking to put my hands on 20 Large. Being strapped for cash for the gift I have in mind, I have put some thought into where I might pull together the funds

Continue ReadingThis entry was posted in Way of Life, Were It Within My Power on September 15, 2021 by LSomerbyCooke.
Money Dollar Banner

Praise For Boys & Girls Clubs

The Boys & Girls Clubs of America is an inspiring story of providing hope, opportunity and a commitment to inclusion for young people, building character, and responsible citizens across our country

Continue ReadingThis entry was posted in Character, Sports, Way of Life on September 15, 2021 by LSomerbyCooke.
District Heights

On Editing & Brevity

Write tight and crisp. Be sincere. To condense a page of thought into a single sentence is itself a prized composition

Continue ReadingThis entry was posted in The Written Word on August 18, 2021 by LSomerbyCooke.
Live is Short

To Succeed in Business, Turn to the Trooper

There is nothing tedious or lackluster about consistency and dependability. A business should do the dull things right time after time so that the extraordinary will not be required too often

Continue ReadingThis entry was posted in Business, Character, Were It Within My Power on August 18, 2021 by LSomerbyCooke.
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