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By Greg Fullerton
On June 25th, 1950, North Korea invaded South Korea, thus starting the Korean War.
In 1951, the United States issued a call for volunteers. My father lived in southern Utah at the time. He, along with about 600 men in the 213th Field Artillery Battalion, signed up.
They all knew each other in their communities. [...]

“People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered. Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies. Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and sincere people may deceive you. Be honest and sincere anyway.
What you spend years creating, others [...]

By Greg Fullerton
In The Republic, Socrates gives an allegory of a cave to describe the process and pains of becoming enlightened by truth.
Speaking to his young follower Glaucon, Socrates describes humanity as being stuck in an “underground den,” or cave.
We sit facing the back of the cave, our legs and necks chained to prevent [...]

By Bob Kaelin
The story is told of two businessmen who took a business trip to an undeveloped region in Africa.
Upon arriving, the first thing they noticed was that no one was wearing any shoes.
The first businessman said, “We don’t want to do business here because there is no opportunity.”
However, the other businessman said, “Wow, look [...]

“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”  -Leo Tolstoy
What do you think about the quote? We’d love to hear from you!

Everyone knows about Paul Revere and his “midnight run” to warn American colonists that the British were coming.
But have you ever heard of Sybil Ludington?
In The Real History of the American Revolution, historian Alan Axelrod shares the following story:

“Paul Revere was not the Revolution’s only rider of note.
“Sixteen-year-old Sybil Ludington lived in the small [...]

In Dante’s Divine Comedy, the poet Virgil guides Dante to the gates of Hell.
There they encounter the “Drearies,” a group of lost souls who, as Dante writes, “lived without blame or praise.”
Author Thomas Cahill calls them:
“Whining wraiths who never truly lived at all, the lukewarm, who are ‘as hateful to God as to his enemies,’ [...]

Sometimes in the daily challenges that life gives us, we miss what is really important.
We may fail to say hello, please, or thank you, congratulate someone on something wonderful that has happened to them, give a compliment, or just do something nice for no reason.
Charles Plumb, a U.S. Naval Academy graduate, was a jet [...]

By Greg Fullerton
Once when I was a teenager I went fishing with my dad, my brother, and our dog Fluff in Flaming Gorge.
We spent hours preparing at home, packing everything and double-checking our list to make sure we’d have a great weekend.
We drove to the boat launch area and put our boat into the water. [...]

By Bob Kaelin
I’ll never forget my very first sales call fresh out of college.
I was working for a pharmaceutical company and my job was to service pharmacies. I had been given a territory that hadn’t been serviced for months.
I prepared to call on the ad manager for a particularly large chain. I had done all [...]