What merits something as an historic event? Why will Obama’s inauguration go down in history? What makes this moment in time different? Nothing.
There is a tendency in humanity to displace and minimize our own potential by shadowing it in the spotlight of media sensations and Hollywood glamour. The attraction of celebrity hinders our perception to see the wonder in our own life as we elevate someone else.
[ thought's after the passing of my grandfather, Jack B. Hickernell] Of all life’s great mysteries none captivates and captures us like death. For most it is the final and great mystery and as such is shrouded with fear and pain. Death has taken loved ones away and comes for us all but we know [...]
In colonial warfare bullets didn’t just fire out of guns. It took a series of steps to load and prime a weapon before it could fire. One of those steps was loading the primer. The primer was a simple cap that served as a spark or catalyst to ignite the gun powder that would in [...]
