Parents: How About The Forgotten Curriculum?

The new school year has started. It is time for youngsters from the ages of 5 to 18 years to get going and continue to prepare themselves for the years to come. In accordance to their ages and grades in school, they will be learning academics.  You know: The "3 Rs.  "riting," "reading," "rithmetic."  (A couple of misspelled words there to make a point) How about the "4th R"?  The 4th R is simple yet very important. It gets to the core of human interaction.  It facilitates, or can complicate communication. It can make a social environment comfortable.  The lack of it can make it seem hostile.  Even when it truly is not.  It is quite simple and easy to practice, unless you do not like people and you tend to be intolerant of their differences.  My advice:  work on it. Get good at it. The practice of it pays dividends.  It is called respect.  If you have not learned it at school, make it a point to learn it anyway.  You won't be sorry.  "Give respect, get respect."

Welcome, September!

Welcome, September!  Heat waves, new clothes, new kids, new school year, new classes, football practice and so on.  Just reminiscing.  Those days are gone, but Septembers of the past invade my heart. Current Septembers are good too, just in a different way.  A better way.  A more peaceful way.

Feel Privileged

Don’t feel bad if people only remember you when they need you. Feel privileged that you are like a candle that comes to their mind when they’re in darkness.   Anon.

Speech by Netanyahu

This is a portion of a speech that Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel made several years ago.  In my opinion, he is the greatest speaker of modern times.  RD

Israel is uniquely poised to seize the promise of the 21st century. Israel is a world leader in science and technology, in cyber, software, water, agriculture, medicine, biotechnology and so many other fields that are being revolutionized by Israeli ingenuity and Israeli innovation. Israel is the innovation nation. Israeli know how is everywhere. It’s in your computers’ microprocessors and flash drives. It’s in your smartphones, when you send instant messages and navigate your cars. It’s on your farms, when you drip irrigate your crops and keep your grains and produce fresh. It’s in your universities, when you study Nobel Prize winning discoveries in chemistry and economics. It’s in your medicine cabinets, when you use drugs to treat Parkinson’s Disease and Multiple Sclerosis. It’s even on your plate, when you eat the delicious cherry tomato. That too was perfected in Israel, in case you didn’t know.We are so proud in Israel of the long strides our country has made in a short time. We’re so proud that our small country is making such a huge contribution to the entire world. Yet the dreams of our people, enshrined for eternity by the great prophets of the Bible, those dreams will be fully realized only when there is peace

NFL Player, Don't Disrespect The Flag

                       

                       I wrote the following letter to a news outlet.  Here it is.

If you do not want to obey your boss, find another job. Football is an American sport. The NFL is an American Corporation. The NFL makes a great deal of money. The players make a great deal of money. The fans enjoy watching Pro football. I was a Charger fan for 56 years. The USA is an imperfect country. But that does not mean I will disrespect its flag and National Anthem. If the disrespect to the flag continues, I will watch no more NFL football. It is the principle of the thing. I believe in freedom, and to those players I say: “You do your thing, I’ll do mine.” There is plenty of football to watch elsewhere. I plan to be at a high school football game every Friday night when the season starts.  I live 1 block away from a community college. I am also near to Pop Warner Football. I love football. I played it in high school. Later, I coached high school football. There is plenty to do on a Sunday afternoon.  If I must say goodbye to the NFL, so be it.  I do not necessarily need to be "glued to the tube."  If I choose to watch TV,  there are plenty of commercial free movies to watch.

Be A Winner

Don't feel that someone is taking advantage of you because you are a kind person.  Continue to be kind.  Don't worry about anything.  Have faith in God.  Be sure to forgive.  Do your best to forget that somebody did you wrong.  Do not dwell on the wrongdoing.  Do you have enemies?  Maybe. Maybe not.  If you do have them, love them. Pray for them.  You cannot go wrong when you do things God's way.  Will doing it God's way put you in trouble with men?  Maybe. Maybe not.  Either way, you win.  His ways are not second best. Be a winner.  Again, I say, be a winner.

Freedom, Tolerance And Democracy

Freedom, tolerance and democracy. There is a word missing. Through the Law and the Prophets of the Word of God, it was introduced in the land of Israel (the holy land) a long, long time ago. The word is "righteousness." Take heed. Before we can be an influence "for" something, it is necessary to be influenced "by" something. We are not righteous. However, the Word of God is. You are aware of what God says about sin. Homosexuality and lesbianism are abominations to God. Please........be influenced BY righteousness before you are an influence FOR freedom, tolerance and democracy.