A tennis court has service lines, baselines and sidelines for singles and doubles. A football field has yardage markers, sidelines and goal lines. A baseball field has an outfield wall, foul lines, base paths, a pitching rubber and of course home plate. All sports have standard boundaries and rules for play.
Do you know how wide baseball’s home plate is? It is ...read on
Success. Pushing for that next step on the ladder. Getting the win at all costs. It is the natural way for man - self-realization. With some success comes the desire to reflect it by way of what vehicle is driven or the part of town a home is in. The temptation is to move from meeting the family needs to chasing after ‘wants’, stuff that reflects success.
“From time to time in the years to come, I hope you will be treated unfairly, so that you will come to know the value of justice. I hope that you will suffer betrayal because that will teach you the importance of loyalty. Sorry to say, but I hope you will be lonely from time to time so that you don’t take friends for granted. I wish you bad luck 
“And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.” With that final sentence, the Second Continental Congress unanimously declared independence from English rule 241 years ago. The thirteen colonies determined that separation from England was worth fighting for.
