Category: Opinion

Dear Me, My Self and I: Mere words do not capture the emotions and feelings that I have experienced this year. And yet, that’s okay. It’s okay not to have a full grasp of what has transpired these last 12 months. It’s okay to have more questions than answers.  Sometimes wisdom and enlightenment lie in silence, stillness and mystery. I have walked in  tunnels of darkness yet embrace my  unique opportunity to re-emerge into the light with grace and empathy, having evolved and been transformed into something far more compassionate and authentic.   2020 has shaken me to the depths of…

Dear Editor, When I was sixteen years old, I was invited to speak at a little country church in rural Denver Kentucky, not far from Paintsville. The church had all but closed its doors but one man, Harold Rice, and his family wanted to see the church stay open and do well.  A church with few to almost no people typically does not attract too many interested ministers. I had spoken in my home church a few times and was a guest speaker in a few others. Mr. Rice asked if I would consider speaking at the church on the…

Dear Editor, When I was sixteen years old, I was invited to speak at a little country church in rural Denver Kentucky, not far from Paintsville. The church had all but closed its doors but one man, Harold Rice, and his family wanted to see the church stay open and do well.  A church with few to almost no people typically does not attract too many interested ministers. I had spoken in my home church a few times and was a guest speaker in a few others. Mr. Rice asked if I would consider speaking at the church on the…

Dear Editor, Anyone who states that Hillary Clinton “demonstrated grace, poise, and class in defeat” has been out of touch for the last four years or is suffering from delusions. Judging from the extreme Trump hatred coming from that quarter it seems to be the latter. It isn’t Trump supporters who rioted, looted, and burned down cities with no condemnation coming from Biden, Harris, Pelosi, Schumer, etc. This isn’t the first time someone has compared Trump to Hitler but the evidence shows that the Hitler tactics are coming from the liberal communists in Big Tech, the media, and the far…

Dear Editor, Anyone who states that Hillary Clinton “demonstrated grace, poise, and class in defeat” has been out of touch for the last four years or is suffering from delusions. Judging from the extreme Trump hatred coming from that quarter it seems to be the latter. It isn’t Trump supporters who rioted, looted, and burned down cities with no condemnation coming from Biden, Harris, Pelosi, Schumer, etc. This isn’t the first time someone has compared Trump to Hitler but the evidence shows that the Hitler tactics are coming from the liberal communists in Big Tech, the media, and the far…

Dear Editor, 2021 is here, and will it be just another year? If it’s just another year then that won’t be bad at all because too many will not have another year. The opportunity and privilege to have another year is the gift of life. Being alive and living your life is about as good as it gets. Aim for being alive this time next year. Make some decisions about 2021. Where do you want to be this time in 12 months? Would you like to be ten pounds heavier? Maybe you would like to be ten or twenty pounds…