Consequences of Choice

Notes of a Common Man

Next month I'll turn 63 years old. During that time I've had many experiences. Some life changing, some life enhancing, some hurtful and sad.

I remember when I was about 5 or 6 years old that I learned how what I do can lead to seriously hurting another. I was attempting to boil some eggs for my younger brother and I to have for a snack. (Of course I didn't ask my mother if I could do this.) The water got to boiling and I checked to watch. (I was standing on a chair.) My younger brother Paul (who was standing on the floor) wanted to watch too so he reached up and grabed the handle of the pan and pulled on it so he could see into the pan and watch the water boil.

Yup, the boiling water immediately spilled directly onto Paul's chest and he was severely burned. To this day I can see clearly in my minds eye this event happening as if it was yesterday.

Life is like that every day. Choices we make have consequences, some immediate and some later on, but consequences of our choices are always going to take place. The other interesting observation about the consequences of choices is that they not only have impact on each of us individually but they reach out and affect others around us and even those we do not know.


In our new "Family Action Training System" (F.AC.T.S.) to be released next month we address this issue of the consequences of choice and stress the value of making correct choices and give tips and suggestions on how and why to do so. You can register on our web site http://www.kidsagainstdrugs.com/ to be notified when and how F.AC.T.S. is to be released.

Independence Day - History's Miracle

Notes of a Common Man

In 1975 I compiled, published and distributed 400,000 copies of a booklet called the "Roots of Freedom". It is a compilation of freedoms documents and printed on a beautiful parchment color paper. In putting this together and since that time I have experienced many personal discoveries about the history of the United States of America and made many friends of some interesting people who I would classify as true patriots.

As a result of numerous experiences which I have had since that time my love for the greatest society and the land on which it resides has increased dramatically. My studies and experiences have led me to truly believe that God has had a personal hand in protecting our home land on numerous occasions and that the current war on terror is going to be just such an occasion. I believe that the U.S. Constitution guaranteeing our form of government and the personal freedoms we have inherited is indeed one of history's miracles.

I believe that today, more than ever in our past, our beautiful and powerful land of the free and the personal freedom of a free society which we enjoy is under massive assault by an insidious enemy bent on our slavery and the total destruction of our life-style. This relentless assault is not limited to just the open horrific attacks we witness in other lands and our own but has been occurring in the quiet of our own neighborhoods and homes. I'm referring to the assault on our youth by those young drug-peddling terrorists who are all around us in every neighborhood and all of the places our youth frequent.

Many studies have been made and have shown the terrible long-term effects that drug use has on an individual. I believe these life-altering effects on individual behavior can become devastating to our freedom loving society if allowed to continue. If it does continue I believe that we will have a society of drug addicted people who can't be productive in the work force and have become totally dependent upon society for the very basic needs to sustain life.

Over the past 400 years many people have lived and overcome incredible opposition to give us our inheritance of a free land. I believe that we must honor their sacrifice for us and can't let this drug addictive self-destructive behavior happen to us. I believe that we must launch a counter offensive family drug-prevention grassroots movement to save kids and teens from the horrors and slavery of drug addiction. If we don't then we will be turning our backs on one of history's miracles. I seek your help to launch this grassroots movement to save our family's and kid's from drugs and let history's miracle continue to happen. Join Me: http://www.kidsagainstdrugs.com/neighborhood.htm

Oh My Goodness!

Oh My Goodness! It's been a long time since I posted here. I promise this is the beginning of doing better and posting often.

Since my last posting I have written a new 32 page magazine that I have entitled "Neighborhood Alert". It covers my belief in the need that we have to take a stand against the spread of drug use and abuse. I cover the "War on Drugs!" and what the drug pushing terrorists are doing to seduce our young people into the world of drugs.

I raise the question "What Can A Parent Do?" and then answer it by listing "10 Easy Things Parents Can Do To Keep Their Kids Off Drugs." I then suggest and demonstrate the concept and use of Family Meeting Time to discuss and develop an action plan of Family Drug Prevention.

I then offer an invitation to join us in our new grassroots "Kids Against Drugs Family Neighborhood Association" to empower families to choose to live drug-free lifestyles.

The opportunity to subscribe to our e-zine and download a free copy of the "Neighborhood Alert" magazine is located at http://www.kidsagainstdrugs.com/spreadtheword.htm.

I will cover each of these events in future posts. Mark this blog and come back often.