Being number one is often the goal; people enjoy winning, its human nature.  But what happens when we’re not number one? What happens when we come short of our goal? It seems in life, we are playing a game every day.  Some days we play long and extensive, thought-provoking and strategizing games, while on other days, we participate in simple, tedious and repetitive ones.  Either way, we’re in it to win and succeed.  To be number one!  Yet when being number is just not in the cards for us, we need to remember that there are as many ways to…

A true friend will love you not only when it’s easy, but when times are tough as well.  A true friend will love you at all times.  As we get older, it seems as our pool of friends slowly shrinks down.  Life happens, people change and sometimes move away, relationships diminish over time, but a true friend remains regardless of the situation or the distance.  Out of those strong bonds and relationships, a brother or sister is born.  Sometimes our friends tend to be a stronger support system than blood relatives, especially during trying times and life storms.  We are…

When we were kids, we used to think the scariest part of the darkness was the monsters.  Monsters under the bed, monsters in the closet, or even monsters behind the dresser.  The darkness created a fear within us because we couldn’t see into it.  I don’t think we’re truly afraid of the dark or the monsters, I think we’re afraid of what the darkness hides, we’re afraid of what’s out there, we’re afraid of what we can’t see.  When we come face to face with the darkness, our mind starts to fill in the blanks, creating monsters, and a hundred…