Expand your options!

While in college, I volunteered at a near-by juvenile prison.  Sometimes a boy would explain his crime to me and the turning point for him would be a moment when he decided that he had two options: commit the crime or suffer some (to him) even worse fate.  His lack of any concept of other options that were available to him was always striking to … Continue reading Expand your options!

Own Your Choices

Here’s a fact of life that many people have a hard time accepting: unless you were being physically manipulated or had a gun put to your head, you have never been forced to do anything.  Not homework.  Not driving on the right side of the road.  Not take a job you hate or anything else.  You may have felt like you were being forced to … Continue reading Own Your Choices