Craig Ruvere

24Apr 2013 by CJ

Leadership is more than just being the boss

Life & Living

I recently overheard a casual conversation discussing what it means to be a good leader. Though I’ve posted parts of this piece before, I feel it always needs repeating in a world filled with actors. I have a great deal of respect for those individuals in life who have a firm grasp of what it means to truly be called a “good leader” – and a great deal of contempt for those who pretend they are. I remember when I attended Growing Tree nursery school many, many years ago. One of the first games we played was “Follow the Leader”. The concept is pretty straight forward - one child is chosen to lead the group around the classroom or the playground like a group of baby geese following their mother.…

23Apr 2013 by CJ

Check out my new poetry page

Love & Relationships

If you have some time, check out my new POETRY page. https://craigruvere.com/inspiring-song-lyrics/ I’ve been writing for many, many years and this is the first time I’m sharing many of these with a mass audience. As any writer will tell you, poetry can oftentimes be very personal – which makes sharing it with others a difficult reality. But instead of having them buried in a drawer, I thought maybe it was finally time to share some of my inner most thoughts and feelings with the world. Enjoy!

22Apr 2013 by CJ

Food, Inc. – what they don’t want you to know

Information & Education, Life & Living

Recently I re-watched a very telling and disturbing documentary from 2008 entitled “Food, Inc.” My first viewing left me deeply affected by this incredibly revealing look at the food industry, and it came as no surprise that I was similarly affected this time around. Our food supply is being turned into nothing more than a big business where greed and control trump the health and well-being of all citizens of the world. It’s a topic worth repeating over and over again until everyone in American understands what’s really going on with the food we bring the table each and every day. Children naively believe that everything we eat comes from the shelves of our local supermarket, not from farms or dairies or factories, which crank out foods we crave in…

21Apr 2013 by CJ

Nature is your great restorer

Information & Education, Life & Living

My wife and I thoroughly enjoy being outdoors – watching and listening to the orchestration of nature’s song from rustling tree branches or birds communicating with one another. But in the suburbs where we live, it’s not always achievable to connect with nature. With dwellings that are uncomfortably close at times, privacy is not often an option and enjoying a little peace and quiet on a bright sunny day is almost an impossibility. It seems people today have some kind of aversion to existing in silence – to push away all the distractions of life, even briefly, to refocus and reengage themselves with what’s going on around them. I suppose cluttering our minds with noise is nothing more than a defense mechanism designed to keep our thoughts away from what’s…

19Apr 2013 by CJ

Both sides of a story

Life & Living

Best-selling author Tom Clancy once said, “The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.” I love that quote! Unlike reality where many actions and reactions seem to defy reasonable logic, writers have the ability to construct characters to any likeness they desire - eliciting the emotions they need to help tie together their overall story. But real life is far from fiction - regardless of the drama that often exists. In short it can be difficult for us to accurately conclude what is truly factual in our every day lives. It begs the question, what is fact and what is fiction? When you sit and think about it, politicians would probably make great fiction writers. After all, they’ve been entertaining us for years with their cleverly manipulated…