By Gregory Copploe I am reminded every 4th of July about the word freedom and what it means, not only to this country, but how this word situates itself within my soul and what it means to me on a deeper level. We have the freedom to tear down the walls of hatred and anger,…

THE REAL REASON I WRITE. . . . . .is that I realized I could do it all, literally, while  lying down. I’ve aspired to write from the time I was a kid making stapled-together notebook paper “books” about girls and horses and dogs. It took a few decades for me actually to give myself…

By Gregory Copploe What does it mean to show up for another person and walk along side them on their journey with true empathy in mind? How do we get there, and what kind of a mindset does it take to walk a path along side someone else? Brene Brown said it well, sympathy is…

By Gregory Copploe Have you ever strolled through Costco only to find a cart smash up against your heels and inflict a severe amount of pain as you struggle to hold back your scream? Perhaps you have been walking through the park where another walker going the opposite direction just smashes into you. Why is…

by Gregory Copploe Does this picture look familiar? This is what I call the post pandemic short fuse. Instead of celebrating the fact that we can travel, gather, and celebrate life again, we remain incarcerated within a selfish mindset that “I” come first and the rest can just kiss my ass. How did we get…