George Caywood

Handling The Pain….I have often pictured myself as a mountain lake. My lake is loaded with rabbits swimming around like fish. I know that rabbits swimming around like fish seems unreasonable. If the rabbits are a picture of my buried pain then the swimming rabbits are appropriate because their is nothing rational about me carrying … More Handling The Pain

“Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. [Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are … More Some Historical Wishes For Our Country

As I see it, years back when President George Bush decided to invade Iraq he felt sure the Iraqi citizens would welcome the chance to be free after the years of abusive rule under Hussein. In that he was mistaken. The result we all saw over time was that the Iraqi  people felt they were … More Freedom

When I turned 70 it was painful to me because it kinda proved to me I was an old man’ A great line of you sent sweet kind words to me and reassured me. When I turned 80 it was very different. I had the world’s best family party. It was a celebration. I feel … More Getting Old

Recently, I asked my daughter JoAnna what would happen if I accepted as my personal reality, all the nice things people say about me. She said, “Dad, I think you should do that. I want you to get started by giving yourself two affirmations every day starting today. ” I replied, “O.K. I will. The … More A Little Bragging