Endless Potential Abound!!!

There's a saying, and it's no cliche. "You only live once." I am 32 and losing a battle to a mitochondrial disease, MERRF. I have come to realize that I shouldn't feel guilty about an occasional ask.  I had visited Oslo, Norway before as well as much of Southern England, but those regions are beautiful and I wanted to see the Fjords in Norway as natural beauty is my calling. One day, my parents and I were in their family room and I asked them if we could take a trip together. I think they could tell I was nervous because I like to be independent. My family and I landed in Heathrow and drove out to the Cotswolds, which is such a beautiful and historic part of England. It's so different, how Englanders drive on the left side of the road. We visited many Cotswold's towns and tasted their fare as well. This is part of what makes traveling so wonderful to me.   After England, we were headed to the Northern U.K. Scotland to see Edinburgh and The Orkne...

I'm not writing about autumn / Fall, although that is also around the corner. Rather, I am writing to discuss the myriad of sports that commence within a week or more. All of which I love partially because they take incredible skill and practice to master. While the baseball's regular season comes to a close in September, the year's 4th and final tennis open begins in New York on August 28th. The greatest men's player ever to play the game will compete for his 20th open event championship. Last year, his fellow countrymen Stan Wanwrinka won the event. During this celebration of tennis competition, the first week of College Football begins, and the first week of games in the NFL are 1 week later. This melange of great sports activity is all I could ask for. I can't wait for it all to begin!

It's said that ignorance is bliss . However, that's the same as being proud of walking around with your head in the sand. All your senses are gone. And, this mantra is spreading. I've heard my friend declare, and with enthusiasm, and pride "I don't watch TV or read the newspaper!"  While there is a lot of garbage on TV, it's important to read newspapers and books. How else will you educate yourself?  Increase your vocabulary for goodness sake.  Oh, here are 2 easy ones, listen to podcasts and books on CD. Another statement I recently heard is "I wish the media would stop reporting the U.S. President's tweets."       The job of a journalist / media organization is to report. The President is the one who wrote the information, not the journalist.  Our media isn't going to please everyone, but you shouldn't turn it off completely. Stay informed! You're missing out especially if you're not getting a different perspectiv...