Communities Are a Subset of Networks
While there is no limit to the number of networks a person may benefit from, everyone should seek to be part of at least one solid community at every time in their lives
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Home Is What You Make It
photo credit: Joel Abroad In the perpetual effort to have a presentable house where multiple young children live and grow, an idea finally came to me that people will treat themselves and their surroundings in a way that reflects how…
Personal Challenges
We had a neighborhood party last Saturday and as we were driving home we got talking with the kids about one of our neighbors and his son who is autistic. As we explained some basics about autism we did so…
Speed Affects Lifestyle
Preface I was laying in my bed at 5:00 AM (when most people should be in bed) and my brain started reviewing the images of the roads I commute on. I began to think of how such a complex road…
Use the Proper Tool
I have written before about our national propensity to use government when it is not the proper tool for the job. Scott summed my point up very succinctly in a recent post: There is a proper tool for every job.…
Racing Together
We were discussing Concern for the One today in class and as we talked about how some people get lost because they grow weary one of the class members, Travis Staten, talked about a marathon that he ran recently. He…
Done in Wisdom and Order
I have heard this statement from Mosiah 4:27 applied to many things: And see that all these things are done in wisdom and order; for it is not requisite that a man should run faster than he has strength. Somehow…
Sans Agent
I have nothing against real estate agents, they definitely have their place in helping to buy and sell houses, but I just have to say how nice and refreshing it has been to sell my house without working through an…
Living My Ideals
With the beginning of my new job I will have the opportunity to use public transportation regularly. I have always been in favor of using public transit but since I have always either worked from home or lived close enough…
Stability
As I have been exploring the issues of an ideal living environment I have come to the conclusion that there is a factor which I had not noticed before which can probably exist in almost any of the categories of…