Author: Scott Westerman

These days, it feels like divisions are sharper, tempers are hotter, voices are louder, the future is bleaker. It ain’t necessarily so.

The world is filled with noise and distractions. With so many voices competing for our attention, what should we care about?

68 years of life’s toll weigh on me, contemplating the world we will pass on to Hudson’s generation.

To often, we sing someone’s praises after they are out of earshot. Why wait?

Discipline will take you where motivation won’t. It is the essential bridge between goals and achievement.

Public acclaim may be nice to have, but ultimately, it’s not worth very much.

Cancel culture tosses many innocents under the speeding bus of selective outrage. Few have the courage to stand with the labeled.

“There are few catastrophes, in our own lives or in those of nations, that do not ultimately have their origins in emotional ignorance.”

Do not “honor” me with symbols and words, nor thoughts and prayers. Honor me with meaningful action.

When I was a senior in high school, we had a teacher who gave us a lesson in finding happiness that still resonates today. On the last day of class before graduation, she gave us each a balloon.