Author Archives: Jack

Ernest Hemingway once said: When people talk listen completely. Don’t be thinking what you’re going to say. Most people never listen. Nor do they observe. You should be able to go into a room and when you come out know everything that you saw there and not only that. If that room gave you any […]

This morning I picked up a couple things at my local grocery store and when I was checking out, I was approached by a middle-aged gentleman wearing older clothes and a stained baseball cap. He asked me if I could spare a few bucks, so of course, I gave him some money. When he thanked […]

“This kid dialed 911 telling the dispatcher he was running away from home after an argument with his mother. This officer arrived talked to the kid and went into his bedroom which was empty outside of a deflated blowup bed. The young man essentially slept on the floor. The officer encouraged the boy to stay […]