Cultivate Courage Blog

“You’re nothing but a great big coward,” Dorothy said sternly to the cowardly lion when she first met him in the woods with the Scarecrow and the Tin Man. “You’re right. I am a coward. I haven’t any courage at all,” responded the lion with tears running down his...

I sat in my living room and watched as they brought the flag draped casket into the church. I’m not sure why I wasn’t in school that day. Daniel R. Bodin was killed on February 20, 1968 in Binh Thuan Province in Viet Nam. He was 19 years old. He was a member of the...

As I turned the corner onto the next aisle at my local grocery store what I saw at the other end of the aisle brought an immediate, big smile. As their father looked at some items on the shelf two little girls, probably about five and three truly were dancing like...

“We just don’t recognize the most significant moments of our lives while they’re happening.” That’s a statement made by Doc “Moonlight” Graham to Ray Kinsiella in my favorite movie of all time, “Field of Dreams.” I truly believe each one of us has opportunities to be...

I’m not sure if he was annoyed with us or not. He was gracious enough to visit with us for a few minutes as he prepared for his swim. My wife, Amy, and I stood on the sandy shores of La Jolla Cove and chatted with the man in the Speedo. He was swimming from the cove...

“Are you a climb up on the roof kind of guy?” As soon as he said those words I could feel my stomach tighten and an intense desire to flee. Let me state emphatically for the record, “I AM NOT A ROOF GUY!!” For those of you who haven’t figured out what a roof guy is,...