Technical things guaranteed you did not read elsewhere — Going in order as things appear in stories on Medium. First: Kicker A kicker is quite an unknown writing aspect on Medium. At least it seems that way to me. The kicker goes before the title. In my story, the kicker is “Writing | Publishing.” Second: Title Please no clickbait, God, please! I see…

But I know what it does — Love doesn’t hurt, it commits to you, yours, and your future. Love invests on behalf of another, with no expectation of return. Love already has a definition, abuse is not one of them. Hurt is not one of them. Hate is not one of them. Bullying is not one of…

Is there a perfectly developed man, Part IV: The Final Part — Sportsmen are injured. A drummer’s fingers bleed. A soldier dies. A mountain climber busts knees and tears fingers. A truck driver drives his life away. A king or prince will change a nation’s family dynamic by sending troops away. A leader will make a permanent mark on a company’s future…

Transparency beyond expectation: inside information DISCLAIMER: There is a reason why this is 20 minutes. I have pulled all three parts together. Everything you need to know in one sitting and I leave no room for 1) gray areas 2) assumptions and/or 3) misinterpretations. Also, with this 20 minutes, questions…

America can shut them down — It’s not about Bud Light commercials, and patriotic commercials will not save them. Never has been about commercials. It’s about what they believe. America thought they knew what Bud Light was about. Now they’ve shown what they believe and they should pay the bill for it. …

What I have been up to these last few months & what my summer plans are — Just like that, I was out of class, shoving my books in my bag, and beelining it to my car! Well, that was pretty close to being accurate. I’m an online student. I’ve never had the residential experience in college like most have. Sometimes I wish I had that experience…

What settling does. — Millions of people can explain to us why settling is bad. Settling is not in your best interest, trust me. Even deep down inside yourself, you know. There is too long of a list to list here about the things that will keep you from being yourself and will keep…

What is privilege in our everyday lives? — *By a student in Clinical Mental Health Counseling* You have a choice to begin the navigation of your dreams Privilege Privilege is something, like an advantage, that is unearned. It doesn’t matter what it is, if we are talking about a certain skin group in the human race, such as black…

His racism, sexism, and all the above. I would love to hear from you, the reader, on your thoughts! — African Americans First off in our story here, our guy talked about African Americans. “Why is that bad?” you may ask. Because African Americans do not make up all people with an African American skin tone. For someone to only talk about African Americans but group all black people in it is…