New American Truth

Having the courage of your convictions means having faith that your beliefs are correct and being willing to stand up and fight, if necessary, to defend them. Certainly it means not hiding them; not being ashamed of them; not fearing that someone might find out about them and be critical of you for them.

Each year as spring approaches the itch starts. By the time the first green starts to sprout the itch if a full-on jones that requires attention. The first feed for the addiction is pulling out all the camping gear, sorting through it, cleaning anything that needs it, repacking it and making it ready.

The really bad leaders, though, are the ones with the fictional face; the ones who have lived the facade. They have intentionally presented themselves as a caring, high performance person simply to be liked enough to get ahead.

You know you live in Upside-down Land if…
The government’s plan for getting people back to work is to provide 99 weeks of unemployment checks (to not work).

As I do the news updates each weekday morning I often come across some interesting polls posted on CNN, Fox News or other sites. Two recent ones I came across are the topics of this blog: The first is from USA Today and focuses on the 2nd Amendment. The second is from CNN and focuses on the roll race should play in college admissions.

If you fail to do it you may pay a price you’re not happy about when a camping trip gets ruined. So make time to go through your camping preparations. They are worth the time investment to reduce your stress levels (as camping should) down the road.

Truth be told, there’s a lot more I take with me each day than just a knife… or a gun and a knife and a lighter, but what we actually carry on our person isn’t the end all be all of daily preparedness.