We all have those dips in our lives, those valleys that counter the peaks to remind us to enjoy the peaks while we have them. The rock in our shoe to remind us we’re walking. The cut at the edge of our mouth to remind us we’re smiling. We all have those moments. Some just… Continue reading Failure
Tag: hope
The Faithful
As humans, faith is a necessary component of what keeps us going. Faith and hope serve as twin engines that push us through the most difficult times. Hope that things will get better and faith that they can be better. Whether it is faith in the goodness of humanity, in a higher power, in oneself,… Continue reading The Faithful
The It’s Not Fair Party
It’s strange to see so many adults acting like children but here we are. Welcome to 2023. It seems silly to read about fellow Americans wanting to expand the footprint of their state because others in their party that live in the neighboring state feel disenfranchised. It seems ridiculous to read about a governor so… Continue reading The It’s Not Fair Party
Dreams Without Dreamers
I talked in another blog about the fact that so many, too many, of us have had their dreams denied by systems they had nothing to do with putting in place and with barriers neither they nor their families helped to build.The world was against them because of their skin color, religion, sexuality, income level,… Continue reading Dreams Without Dreamers
Death From Above – blog
I can’t tell you when the world changed, but it did. We changed with it. The change in us took time, naturally, a slow change that has been painful to watch but is there just the same. A change that you ask - when did it start? Vietnam? The AIDS epidemic? September 11th? Columbine? What… Continue reading Death From Above – blog
By Measures of Degree
There’s a frequent melody sung of late that goes something like this - Ohhh, the brain drain, the dear brain drain, what of the BRAAAAAIN DRAIN, what are we going to do? It’s sort of catchy, it’s definitely got a groove. It’s too similar though to this newer hit - Where did all the Woooooorkers… Continue reading By Measures of Degree
Broken All This Time
Looking at the world around us, it’s hard not to wonder if we, as a species have finally broken or if we’ve been broken all this time. Take a moment and look around. It isn’t just the ‘street people’ who talk to themselves now, it’s a lot of us. Our moods have shifted, our attitudes… Continue reading Broken All This Time
But What If We’re Already Good Enough?
I can’t tell you how many years of my life I have spent believing all of the awful things people that didn’t like me told me or that I told myself. I would see what other people are doing with their lives and families and careers and would think What Am I Doing Wrong? I… Continue reading But What If We’re Already Good Enough?
The Darkest Days
It’s hard to keep the light on these days, internally as well as externally. Yeah, the economy sucks, and gas is high, and jobs aren’t suddenly paying the worker bees more and the CEOs less. Things are hard. Inside and out. The inside is dealing with the stress of a job you may not like… Continue reading The Darkest Days
Save Our Schools
To say I have a love/hate relationship with my city of Flint is to put it mildly. I fiercely love this city and its people and its culture and its resilience. I loathe the bureaucracy that is so rampant here and the way that the leadership never seems able to coordinate or work together… Continue reading Save Our Schools
The Hills We Die On
I will never tell anyone I am the smartest person in any room I am in. I will never tell anyone I am better than them because odds are really great, I am not. And I am not going to act as if my beliefs should be the standard for what all others believe… Continue reading The Hills We Die On
A Parade For One
It's interesting that the older we get, the more we are told to 'act our age' and to 'grow up' and to behave as we imagine an adult is supposed to act. It's one of the biggest con jobs out there. We base our perception on what adults act like on the way people acted… Continue reading A Parade For One
What Happened To Us
If you have popped my blog at all the above question is one, I ask a lot. What Happened To Us? This is not to imply that the American people have ever been the SANEST people, nor that we are free of the blood of history. No, it implies neither. What it implies is that… Continue reading What Happened To Us
The Spooky World of Chris Ringler 