February: The Month Of Presidents
A New Year...A Presidential Election year and the country needs to regain its moral compass.
February is that month that has a greatness all its own. Presidents George Washington, William Henry Harrison, Abraham Lincoln and Ronald Reagan were born in this month and we celebrate civil rights advocate Martin Luther King because they represent so much to so many Americans.
This month we also take time to examine a powerful reminder of our past by taking a closer look at Colonial Williamsburg, VA a place all Americans should take time to visit. It's certainly historic but more important, it brings the past and our struggles to become a separate and distinct nation to a sharper focus. We have much to be proud of; much to celebrate. Examine and feel the history under your feet from the cobblestone and dirt streets to the vintage stores and offices along the way.
In TimeOut see if you don't agree as you read about people like Thomas Paine, Paul Revere, Patrick Henry and others. They took risks that many business owners today would have shunned. They lived and gave us our history. They also give us a chance to revisit our mistakes, too. Even the founding fathers made blunders but the question is would we have moved forward without the Louisiana Purchase, the acquisition of Alaska from Russia or our second war with Britain in 1812? History's purpose is to reflect and learn...and it's obvious we are painfully slow to recognize such wisdom.
A great bandleader of the 1920s, Vincent Lopez is a classic example of musicians who had to make painful career decisions which didn't make their families' happy. Read the story in the big band feature of the month.
Don't overlook Life & Beyond to discover how God has planned your life whether you admit it or not. It's HIS plan, not yours, that will determine your satisfaction but you have to participate. Otherwise, you may have a treacherous journey with all kinds of detours and some deadends.
In Coping there is some hope for those of you (especially Baby Boomers) who may have missed the deadline for new healthcare enrollments some weeks ago. There are emergency measures you can take to alleviate the difficulty and possibly save yourself from grief at a later date.
That and more are in this issue of writerjackweb.com.