Craig Ruvere

“Of what use is it to be tolerant of others if you are convinced that you are right and everyone who disagrees with you is wrong? That isn’t tolerance but condescension.” - Anthony de Mello The word condescension is familiar to most, but few actually know what it truly means. Condescension is an attitude or behavior exhibited by those who truly believe they are more intelligent or better than other people. Beyond not knowing what the word means, many more fail to realize how often they practice condescension among their peers, their subordinates, their friends and their family. Dr. Frank J. Ninivaggi shared his thoughts on the subject in an article he appropriately titled, “Condescension is Manifest Envy”. In it he writes, “A common phenomenon illustrating the surfacing of envy is…

"I have one life and one chance to make it count for something." - Jimmy Carter If there’s one thing humanity continually takes for granted, regardless of circumstance, it’s time. We naively believe there’s an endless reserve of sand in the hourglass, but the reality is time is not infinite – you need to make it count today. So, the one thing humanity takes for granted is time, and the one thing we always say is there never seems to be enough of it. I agree on that point. Between work, household chores, relationships and hobbies, it’s not often easy to find time in one’s schedule for all the things we need to do and want to do during any given week. Something inevitably gets shunned and shortly thereafter we’re left…

“I never really thought about how when I look at the moon, it’s the same moon as Shakespeare and Marie Antoinette and George Washington and Cleopatra looked at.” - Susan Beth Pfeffer, Life As We Knew It There are some nights, when I’m walking towards a large expanse of windows at the back of my house, that I’m mesmerized by the cool, crisp, unobstructed light of the moon. It bathes my entire yard with an intense glow one might assume is coming from an exterior house light. I find myself just standing there like a young boy – utterly amazed by the astronomical body high above my head. But beyond any famed or revered individuals from our history, it’s somewhat comforting to know that my grandfather, and his father before him,…