Travel | Being About The Journey

If you take a step back and truly reflect on your life, you may find moments of struggle, pain, worry, and disappointment. The difficulties you’ve faced have shaped you, but they don’t define you. By looking at your past with honesty and awareness, you give yourself the chance to release the weight of old pain. […]

A country should be viewed through a broader lens than the daily fluctuations of its politics. Nations are living entities made up of history, culture, people, and shared ideals—not just the policies or political climate of the moment. When citizens judge their country solely through the lens of partisan politics, they risk losing sight of […]

The 1960s was a decade of remarkable contrasts, a period that both elevated human achievement and exposed deep fractures in society. On one hand, it was a time of awe-inspiring progress. Humanity reached new heights with the moon landings, proving that technology, innovation, and determination could carry us beyond the boundaries of Earth. Medical science […]

New York just had a disastrous election this week that could affect the rest of the nation. If the national Democrat Party were to fully adopt a Mandami-style platform, it could fundamentally change (remember that phrase?) the direction of the country. The concern is that such a shift would move the country away from its […]

Republicans Are Still Playing by Old Rules — and it seems to be costing them. Republicans keep showing up to elections like it’s 1984. Same playbook, same assumptions, same refusal to adapt. Meanwhile, the Democrat machine has rebuilt the entire field. They changed how ballots are collected, how voting windows work, how voter rolls are […]

As I stand here in the quiet of my twilight, I find a deep and abiding peace in the sum of it all. Life, with its triumphs that lifted me to the skies and its stumbles that humbled me to my knees, has been a journey I would not trade for anything. I have loved […]

The values that once formed the foundation of our country are being torn apart, leaving our social structure in a state of conflict and confusion. Our shared principles of open dialogue, personal freedom, and moral clarity are under intense strain. Indoctrination is replacing education, as young minds are no longer encouraged to think critically but […]

The 250th anniversary of the United States feels far more subdued than the bicentennial celebration of 1976, and the reasons are deeply tied to how the cultural and political landscape of the nation has changed over the last half-century. During the bicentennial, the country was still largely united in a shared sense of national pride, […]

The global Christian church remains silent about some extremely important issues, and its silence has become deafening. Faith is no longer celebrated but dissected, debated, and doubted. While the world cries out in pain, the world’s children are vanishing into the shadows, stolen or forgotten, and countless more never even are allowed to take their […]

Overthinking has long disrupted my sense of peace. Repetitive thought cycles often include replaying past mistakes, envisioning worst-case scenarios, and worrying about future events that may never actually happen. Confronting these patterns requires deliberate awareness and consistent effort to acknowledge and manage these intrusive thoughts effectively. The first step in overcoming overthinking is to recognize […]