Time waits on no one, and change is the only constant so always be willing to change with it. Focus your energy and thoughts on being the best version of yourself and creating the best life possible right now while you still have time!
Author Archives: Author - Charles R. Butts Jr.
Weathering These Dog Days
Heat is one of the leading causes of weather-related deaths in the U.S. causing hundreds of fatalities a year so please take the necessary precautions by keeping a close eye on our friends and family. In so doing, together we can get through the Dog Days of Summer.
National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month
Mental health should be a serious issue for everyone, but especially for minorities. We can no longer afford to look the other way, bury our heads in the sand, and pretend it doesn’t exist. It deserves our utmost attention, advocacy, focus, and action because none of us can afford the steep price of ignorance and inaction regarding mental health treatment for minorities.
The Art Of Communicating Effectively
Communicating takes place in the world every second of every day. Personally, I believe, in order to be an effective communicator, we must first be effective listeners. The art of listening is a skill we must work at and hone daily. Listeninng and truly hearing and understanding what’s being clearly conveyed to you is the main cog on the communication wheel.
Raising Awareness & Support For Mental Illness
Increased support, understanding, and interaction with those suffering with mental illness could help awareness to spread immensely. Let’s use the month of May to to become even more aware and vigilant about mental illness.
Spring’s Sprung
Spring is a symbol of rebirth. There’s so much to look forward to–Easter, Passover, Earth Day, Mother’s Day, and Father’s Day all occur in the warm weather months as well. Lastly, Spring brings us cheer and warmth while lifting every last one of us out of Winter’s doldrums and cold temperatures.
Mental Health Awareness Month
To me, mental health is just as important as physical health–if not more vital. Sometimes, to those of us affected, they effect each other, but the preconceived notions and underlying stigmas associated with it can easily influence those diagnosed to suffer in silence.
Here’s To Men’s Health
Ignoring your health, or toughing out pain and discomfort is not the true measure of a man–a real man is always concerned about their health, and always takes it seriously. As men, it’s on us to make the choice of a healthy lifestyle!
Final Justice
In October of 1983, Mr. Coggins’s mangled, tortured, & ernearly unrecognizable body was found in an open field near some power lines in Griffin. With more than thirty stab wounds to his body, he was then chained to the back of a pickup truck and dragged behind it. When the sheriff’s department and the GBI received a tip about some key evidence last year, Franklin Gebhardt and William Moore Sr. were arrested and charged with murder.
Smart Technology: Help Or Hindrance?
While these amazing technological strides have no doubt helped more than they have harmed, if we’re not careful, they’ll easily distract us and distort our reality, our focus, and things like human touch and face to face interaction. Blocks of time and pieces of life will be lost to and controlled by our smart devices. Let’s make a commitment to be smarter and to do better.
Charles R. Butts Jr. 