Giving Stories

A man I knew of quite strange mind would rob the disabled and blind but then give to the very sick and needy. People thinking he was mad would ask “How can you do so bad?” He’d say ”It’s easy they can’t chase or see me.” And he’d go on with some disdain to justify and thus explain how all his actions were in fact quite good. His victims in the handicapped niche were in fact extremely rich making him a modern Robin Hood! S...

Live each moment completely, one second, one step at a time, place one foot in front of the other. Never take time away to look back, only forward to the next moment. Right now, there is only today, no tomorrow, no yesterday, just this instant. Take full advantage, live life, live it large and absolute. This moment won't last long, and once gone never will it be back. Embrace each second given you, enjoy, choose the most...

While there are many disturbing memories of Vietnam, there is one surprisingly excellent memory - Christmas morning. The confusion, laughter, and joy that I created for eleven very homesick young men remains to this day my most memorable Christmas. In December, 1967, I was stationed at DaNang Air Base, South Vietnam. I was 22. Since I had been in the Air Force for over three years, I was both older and of higher rank than...