Cultivate Courage Blog
Better Late Than Never!
His name is Frank Dimitri. He is 74 years old and he started at the age of 28 as a bar-back, someone who stocks everything behind the bar that a bartender might need. In essence, they are a bartender’s apprentice. When Frank saw the ad in the paper for the bar-back...
The Wheel on the Mower Goes…
"Oh, oh! That’s not good,” I thought as I came to the end of the row as I mowed the lawn. As I turned my mower to go back the other way I watched as the front left wheel rolled out into the street and I was left with three wheels. I tried to fix it but to no avail....
Nine Shots and One Shot of Courage
ABC used to have a show called, “What Would You Do?” They would use actors to create uncomfortable situations among real people in everyday settings to see how they would react. I found myself in a somewhat similar situation the other day as I watched a group of men...
The Lost Treasure
Several years ago, as we were getting ready to move out of a home that we had lived in for fifteen years, our daughters, son-in-law, and some of our daughter’s friends gathered in our backyard searching for treasure. The girls and their friends had buried a time...
I’m Sensing a Pattern Here…Do the Right Thing!
Three times in the last week. It could have been more than that but I remember three very distinct times that it happened and one of the times involved me and I am disturbed by that. I met with some friends for lunch last week when it happened the first time. A friend...
Life Lessons on Persistence from the Honey Badger
One of my biggest challenges in life is persistence. It seems I make what I believe to be valiant efforts at accomplishing goals or tasks but often find myself saying, “Well, I gave it a shot. I guess it just wasn’t to be.” I do believe I have grown in this area over...
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