Archive for June, 2008

More On Respect…

The following is taken from Stephen M.R. Covey’s  book The Speed of Trust published by Free Press:
I particularly like the story of the business student who did well on her final exam until she came to the last question: “What is the name of the person who cleans your dorm?”  She was incredulous.  How could […]

The Good (character) Life Is Never the Easy Life

“If I had not had so many problems during my early years I know I would have figured out life by now.”  These words were spoken to me by man in his twenties whose moral and spiritual life was in shambles. His suffering in his youth was not the result of tragedy but of a […]

A Case for Respect

Our civilized culture appears to be disintegrating like a snowball in Florida on the fourth of July.  This week there have been two highly publicized stories about the number acts of violence on school busses that are being caught on video by classmates and viewed as entertainment by both students and their parents.  Teachers living […]