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BYU, BYU, oh BYU
Recently, the BYU women’s volleyball team hosted the Duke University women’s volleyball team for a match. During the match, members of the home crowd hurled racial slurs at a member of the Duke team. Nothing was done to stop the attacks. Apparently, security was assigned to Duke’s bench because the player’s safety was threatened, yet…
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Time
As we grow older, we notice that time seems to slip by at an incredibly fast rate. We even make comments about how it goes much faster than when we were younger. We know that time is moving at the same rate, but we can explain this away with math. When you are 5, one…
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Inaction
Often injustice lies in what you aren’t doing, not only in what you are doing. Marcus Aurelius Take a moment to think about those words written centuries ago. What are they saying? Our inaction makes us just as guilty as the perpetrators. These words give us, show us, we have a duty to justice…
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Conversations
Are you ready for the conversation? You know the conversation. It is going to be difficult. It is going to be very difficult and if held properly move emotions to the extreme. So, it could be loud. It could be an argument. It could offend. But it must happen. We must find a solution to…
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Scraps
I look around myself and I found scraps of incomplete thoughts jotted down on paper or in a document. It seems like my mind cannot commit to completing a thought or formulating an idea or a transition phrase. I think it is more of an indication of where I am as a person. I am…
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Dreams
Memories of the past gone by The breath of air left behind My heart turns to you and wonders what’s true As I struggle to deal with my blues. You were such a queen And seemed a dream Of a drowsy brain in the fog. I miss your sweet scent That is surely heaven sent…
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Hope
If I am ever asked what my favorite flower is I respond daffodils. Most assume that I like the yellow color of the flower. That is true to an extent although green is my favorite color. The truth is what the flower represents to me It represents hope. The first time I noticed daffodils was…
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Change
It is not a secret that we need to change. As an individual, I must change some of my habits to make me a healthier and wealthier human being. There are changes needed to make me a better human. Making these changes depends wholly on me making the decision to make the effort to make…
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For Granted
We spend so much time of our lives accepting the little things. At times, we offer our appreciation in passing but not really paying attention to them or really acknowledging the sum of the little things. When forced to accept that the little things are gone, we realize our mistakes. Take the time, to say…
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