I have a bunch of plants on my back porch that grow like crazy. They are hard to manage, vine-like entities that, if left untended, take over everything. When they first started growing, I stressed about them endlessly. I trimmed, cut, pruned, dug up, and whatever else I could think of to keep them at [...]
Preachers, teachers, writers, musicians, artists and anyone one else who deals in ideas have one thing in common: they steal liberally. Some try to make it look like they don’t. Some do it better than others. But whether done well or not, and regardless of any admission; everyone knows that stealing is part of the [...]
By Jeremy Gulley At this time of the semester, I remind myself and my students to persevere. The point to getting through is to keep working and remember that, soon, we will wake up and it will be over. But perseverance isn’t always easy. In fact, I argue that perseverance needs practice, or at least [...]
By Jeremy Gulley Two events on Friday reminded me that being unnoticed is often the best choice. I know that we like to be noticed, stand out, be important and have people listen to us, but in a lot of cases, I think it would be better if we just shut up and stayed to [...]
Losing Could Be The Next Big Thing By Jeremy Gulley Butler University’s loss Monday night in the NCAA title game won’t hurt them for long. They played poorly – in fact, they shot the lowest percentage of any team in final game in tournament history. Awful . . . they played awful. But it [...]
By Jeremy Gulley I first heard about the Golden Rule as a young child. When people treated me mean, or if they were having a bad day, my teachers or parents would tell me: “Treat others as you would want them to treat you.” To me that meant I was supposed to give them [...]
By Jeremy Gulley Sometimes I judge other people too quickly. I tend to project my own opinions and ideas rather than looking deeper to get to the real story. People have their own lives and reasons for doing what they do. I think that if I cut through the surface to see each person’s real [...]
By Jeremy Gulley The papers I have to review seem endless sometimes. I have 23 students in one class, 19 in another, and the third has 16. Since each class writes at least three drafts of five papers, the stacks grow quickly. I like to give each one the attention it deserves, but sometimes [...]
By Jeremy Gulley To set the stage for this column, I think it important to take a minute to remind readers that the Kansas City Royals used to be good. When I was a child, I saw them win multiple American League titles, play in the World Series twice, and win once. My childhood and [...]
By Jeremy Gulley On January 18, 2009, the day before his inauguration as President of the United States, Barack Obama spent time painting the walls of a Washington D.C. area teen homeless shelter called “Safe Space.” The shelter houses troubled teens, runaways and other at risk youth, but was in desperate need of renovation. “Currently, [...]