While having my first cup of coffee this morning, I was watching CNN Headline News, which showed the following scenes back-to-back:

An eight-year old boy with only one leg successfully playing Little League Baseball in the role of pitcher
A woman dying in a hospital waiting room, after having waited there for 24 hours for medical attention

This [...]

When I was much younger, I had a saying: “Nobody has the right to be wrong.”
Not only did I think this was a clever saying, I absolutely believed it. Of course, in time I came to see things differently:

None of us are born with all the right answers in our heads.
When we do learn, it [...]

I suspect that most people live their lives in reasonable accordance with their values, at least most of the time. It’s not always easy to do, of course:

You may value independence, yet, when your daughter has grown and is ready to move out on her own, you are not sure you want her to be [...]

You’ve probably all heard the saying

Beauty is skin deep, but ugly goes all the way to the bone.

Comical, of course, but not even close to true.
You may be thinking, “what a weird topic to bring up, Keener … what does it have to do with self improvement, or productivity, or anytheeng?”
Good question. It is [...]