Our Greatest Opponent
Once I asked my Priest to come talk to my wrestling team. He walked into the room with a towel and asked them what they thought he might...
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brian041278
- Jan 18, 2021
- 5 min
Acquire Peace
40 million people in the United States are estimated to be affected by an anxiety disorder and this is just in the 18 and over age...
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brian041278
- Jan 11, 2021
- 3 min
Mask or No Mask
"Wear a mask." — Dr. Anthony Fauci, CNN interview, May 21. (The above quote is the most searched quote in 2020 involving the word mask.)...
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brian041278
- Jan 4, 2021
- 4 min
Resolution
Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve. I often relay to my students that nothing worthwhile in life...
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brian041278
- Dec 28, 2020
- 4 min
Overcoming Adversity
"Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit." Adversity is one of things...
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brian041278
- Dec 21, 2020
- 5 min
Balance amongst Imbalance
With the insane amount of polarization that we are experiencing in society it is becoming increasingly more difficult and exponentially...
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brian041278
- Dec 14, 2020
- 3 min
We are...
mask, no mask, left, right, red, blue, white, black, male, female, other...actually... "We are" - "Penn State!" If you have been to a...
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brian041278
- Dec 7, 2020
- 3 min
Generosity
Such a beautiful word in so many ways especially when we dig into what it really means. When you look at the word itself, we immediately...
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brian041278
- Nov 30, 2020
- 3 min
Freedom
Is there anything more paradoxical than freedom in and of itself? free·dom /ˈfrēdəm/ the power or right to act, speak, or think as one...
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brian041278
- Nov 23, 2020
- 3 min
Divide and Conquer
“Divide et impera” is an age old concept in both the political scene and on the battlegrounds. You also will be hard pressed to find any...
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brian041278
- Nov 16, 2020
- 3 min
Love lives in the Present
All these years as a coach I have always taught my students to focus on the variables that we can control. These would include but not be...
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brian041278
- Nov 9, 2020
- 3 min
Following the Crowd
"If all your friends jumped off a bridge, would you?" This was a catch phrase of Mom's when I was young and the point is a good one. And...
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brian041278
- Nov 2, 2020
- 5 min
The Message
It's like a jungle sometimes It makes me wonder how I keep from goin' under Same may know the above lyrics from Grandmaster Flash and I...
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brian041278
- Oct 25, 2020
- 3 min
Political Issues
It seems that everywhere we look anymore we are forced to see politics, from ads, to signs to social media conflicts and beyond. It used...
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brian041278
- Oct 19, 2020
- 3 min
"What is Truth?"
I remember talking about this very question with an orthodox monastic Elder once and I will get back to that at the very end of this...
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brian041278
- Jul 1, 2020
- 2 min
REOPENING
Reopening delayed (hopefully next week) We at the Wrestling With Virtue program will first of all like to extend a huge thank you for...
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brian041278
- Apr 30, 2020
- 8 min
The Greatest Pandemic (perhaps)
The greatest pandemic we might be currently undergoing is one of anxiety. AN EPIDEMIC is a disease that affects a large number of people...
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brian041278
- Mar 13, 2020
- 5 min
When Sports Ends...
"Every depth has a surface but not every surface has a depth" is something I heard from an Elder from Simonospetra monastery on the Holy...
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brian041278
- Nov 20, 2019
- 4 min
How much is too much?
When parents are considering getting their children into youth sports I feel it is very important to look into at least a few items...
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brian041278
- Oct 11, 2019
- 4 min
Social Media, Emotion, Culture
Let me start by saying that emotion itself is a state of illness. We have become overall such a pleasure seeking and self satisfying...
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