Author H. Jackson Brown, Jr. penned several volumes in his series of books, Live and Learn and Pass It On.  The books record ‘words of wisdom’ from people ages 5 to 95.  He shows that wisdom knows no age and that truth is truth at any age. We all have our own ‘what I’ve learned…’ […]

A little over a year ago, I said goodbye to my literary hero, Nelle Harper Lee. Best known as the author of To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee closed her eyes for a final time on February 1, 2016. Her most famous novel continues to sell a million copies annually worldwide nearly fifty years after […]

Ray Mabus, former Governor of Mississippi and now Secretary of the Navy, once said that sometimes people become the victims of the “tyranny of low expectations.” It oftentimes becomes satisfactory to settle for something less than optimal. Local chamber leaders simply must not be satisfied when someone tells us, “That’s the best we can do.” […]