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Image Courtesy of Pixabay Three time outs per half. Three as a child and three more as an adult. You can use them to figure out your next move or catch your breath. And, you can choose to save one until the very end so you can spend a few extra precious seconds with those people you love. You always have a coach on the sidelines to help you figure things out. You also have a variety of assistant coaches available if you need to focus on one specific aspect of your life. The referees will make sure life can't cheat. If it does, a flag is thrown and you are given the opportunity to do things over. Up to three reviews per lifetime. If you feel life is treating you unfairly, an independent review can be requested to either overturn the injustice or show you (via instant replay) why you are getting what you deserve. You'll have a cheering section. Who couldn't use one of those? There would be a scoreboard. No more questions about whether or not you are winni...

I was outside yesterday and discovered some dandelions growing up by my house. As I snapped this photo of them, I had an interesting thought. When we are kids, we think of dandelions as flowers. We pick them and we put them in vases. Then, sometime along the way, somebody tells us they aren't flowers, they are weeds. And, as a result of that, our view of them changes. This is not unlike how we look at each other. When we are born, we are born with nothing but love in our hearts and view everyone as flowers. But, as we get older, we are told certain people are weeds, whether it is because the color of their skin, the country they come from, their religion, etc. Perhaps the way we can finally achieve world peace is to allow our children to enjoy beauty in every form. Instead of telling them a dandelion is a weed, let them pick them and put them in vases and treat them with the same respect we might show a rose. If we do that with plants, maybe it'll carry over to the way...