lead-yourself-first
Here is a hard truth that we must face: we can’t lead anyone further than we have gone ourselves. It’s hard because, truthfully, it is easier to apply programs and methodologies to anyone other than ourselves. Our leadership and success are completely dependent on who we are and how we take care of ourselves...
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By Thom McKee

Have you ever been in a situation where you felt like you lost all hope? Or worse, have you ever felt like life would be easier for everyone else if you just weren’t around anymore? These are the situations in life where we need wise people around us to give us perspective. Hopefully, when we feel this way we are surrounded by the right people, because let’s face it, we all need hope. And sometimes hope just seems so far away.

Tonight, Lydia is feeling extremely hopeless. She feels responsible for the deaths of so many of her new friends, including Henry, the first person who has really shown her love in a long time (if ever). She is also feeling guilty for

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this-feeling
The idea of following your heart is widely known and understood throughout this world. In some ways it is simply a cliché meaning that we should pursue the things we are passionate about. In other ways, it implies that we inwardly know the right direction to go and we should listen to our inner desires when making choices. Is...
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walk-me-home
The lead single from Pink’s latest album, Walk Me Home is a relationship focused song. In the song, Pink is carrying some burdens, and looking for a person to spend the night with to distract her from the outside world. Her inner and outward struggles provoke discussion on whether or not the one night stand is going to help...
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Music Discussions

Rainbow

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Kacey Musgraves wrote Rainbow to inspire hope in the midst of adversity. In the song she points to the rainbow as a symbol of better days to come. This raises the question of whether or not it’s enough to point to a symbol, or is the value of that hope in what the symbol points to? The rainbow has...
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By Thom McKee

Have you ever been confronted about something, by someone who is guilty of the same thing? My guess is that most of you have had this happen to you. Often the person who accuses you of something, may actually struggle with that very same thing, and they don’t even realize it.  Or even worse, they may know that they struggle with the same thing, they just don’t know that others realize it.  In psychology that is called “projection” and I have seen my share of it in life.  It is also extremely frustrating, especially if there is some truth to what they are saying

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