Physical training consumes the body but principally reveals what is in your mind. It doesn’t matter what type of physical training, all of them teach you about what is in your mind. In fact, the lessons are all the same, but only the medium or emphasis is different. Have you learned how to listen to…
Month: June 2017
Would you hire an ex-offender? #infrastructure of #love
Citylab.com has published a very interesting article detailing the compelling benefits of hiring ex-offenders. My first thought was, would you do this? Well, employers that have done so have reaped considerable benefit from the practice. Employees with criminal records are less likely to quit, reducing turnover costs. They have fewer disciplinary problems, reducing disciplinary costs….
the will transforms the desire into an intention
When I first started distance running, I was in the middle of a cluster headache episode while teaching my first class at GW. I had stopped working out and was struggling, inefficiently, through teaching my course. I knew something had to change because the quality of my teaching and the quality of my life was…
Why is it so hard to find a church? The old wine is good…
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing, but expecting different results. Jesus puts it this way: Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?” And Jesus said to them, “Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with…
Make haste slowly. 146 days until we #RunRichmond
146 days out from the Richmond Marathon, what is this marathon training cycle teaching me? To slow down. Not just my training paces, but in thinking about my preparations for the marathon I need to slow down. I have to slow down to think carefully about what I want to accomplish. I have to slow…
Why am I afraid to #RunRichmond?… I’m afraid of the process #RealLifeRealFit
I will start training to get #RichmondReady next week. This weekend, I’ll be preparing my training plan and looking over my calendar for the next three months or so to identify the problematic spots of the training cycle. I’m ready to #RunRichmond, but I have to get over my fear of failure before I’ll be…
Am I crazy? I just signed up for Richmond marathon #RunRichmond #realliferealfit
I love running. But a marathon is a really long way. The last time I ran one, I spent the last 10 miles in pain. The training cycle is long. Really long. I could think of so many reasons why this is crazy. But the marathon is addictive. Plus, I told myself that if I…
Rights and Responsibilities: Reflecting on the Paris Accord Decision
The United States faces several converging transitions which have come to a flash point culminating in the 2016 election of President Donald J. Trump. The United States faces demographic, political, economic, and social transitions each of which have the potential to cause major societal upheaval. In combination, the synergistic effect could have unpredictable global impacts…
Engineering is an Identity
Society is reliant on our ability to harness technological advances in order to facilitate economic, social, and political activities that make us “human.” Our ability to do so has advanced to a point where now the boundaries between policy and engineering design are no longer clear. This is especially true if you have the same…