The Cold Shower Blog
Dedicated to the mission of providing people with original, quality, helpful, and challenging content in order to ensure the reader’s personal growth.
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Dedicated to the mission of providing people with original, quality, helpful, and challenging content in order to ensure the reader’s personal growth.
Education Through Conversation
How often do we seek education from those that we cross paths with? Until recently I never sought out eye contact, smiles, and much less a conversation with everyday people. Since consciously deciding to [...]
9/11
9/11 I, like most people, remember exactly where I was. I was in Mr. Welch's class when an announcement came over the speaker that the World Trade Center had just been attacked. Like that [...]
Dance
Dance- It has been awhile since I've written on the page. Much of my focus has turned to the Podcast. So, if you prefer written word over spoken then I apologize for the lack [...]
Choosing People over Numbers
Everywhere we look there are numbers. They overwhelm us, upset us, and even make us forget about our compassion. I'm not talking about how scary math is, I'm talking about treating other people as [...]
Physical Discipline
My mission today is to look at this misconception that "physical discipline" and lack of "fear" of parents by kids is to blame for all of the violence within society. That younger generations no [...]
Reading
For 2018 I made it a goal to read more. This weekend I finished what has been my 5th book this year. I've always really enjoyed reading, even as a kid. Unfortunately, life goes [...]
God
The following was submitted by a friend of mine. I'm proud of the words he wrote. A relationship with God is something he thought he always had, but never really owned it for himself. [...]
Be Gray
I'm trying to be a bit more gray. I think you should too. Let me explain. Throughout our lives I believe we are pushed to take black and white stances on nearly everything. Certainly, [...]
Don’t Mess with Grandpa
Don’t Mess with Grandpa- I have a favorite story of my grandpa that has never gotten old no matter how many times I hear it. -He and my grandma had been seeing each other [...]
Find the Good
Look for the good in people instead of the bad. I try to remind myself of this often. One recent instance where I really thought this mind set would benefit someone was the other [...]