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Scanning through the news I came across one story that brought back memories of athletic triumph and personal defeat that also defines a trend over the past decade or so in professional sports.

Marion Jones had requested that President Bush reduce her jail sentence.

The tragic side to this story is that it didn’t have to be that way. Marion, in fact almost every one of the sports personalities that have been tarnished by the use of performance enhancing drugs such as steroids could have performed as well or better than their competition even without the drugs.

These were athletes with amazing gifts of human potential far beyond the average person and they squandered it all away trying to be “just a little bit better”.

Now, before we rush off to condemn the athlete remember the terrible pressure most are under to perform well, meet the expectations of all of their sponsors and avoid being traded or dropped from multi-millon dollar contracts with stipulations that they excel.

Sports Heroes and legends aren’t developing like they did when I was a child. It seems that few can make it through an entire career without falling by the wayside in some domestic or legal situation.

Still, with all that natural talent it did not have to be this way.

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Today a close friend called me to come over and help him document a situation he had at one of his rental properties. When I arrived I was stunned at what confronted me.

His last tenants, a twenty-something couple with two small children had rented the home for a little over a year. This was a nice 3 bedroom ranch style home in a fairly quiet neighborhood.

Without paying their last two months’ rent they had disappeared into the night without notice or any mention of which state or country they might be headed toward.

The home was destroyed. There were massive holes in some of the walls and the carpets were torn, dirty and burned. Furniture had been torn apart and even the thermostat had been broken off the wall.

Why? Why would any young family even think of living like that? Every day I am confronted by someone complaining of the raw deal they get in life while they seem completely blind to the poor quality of their living patterns and decisions.

Human beings do not need to move about from place to place destroying and using up the resources like locusts. Humans supposedly have the reasoning to make decisions that are more structured than insects.

I can only imagine the quality of lifestyle these two small children will have as they grow and the lessons of life that will be placed before them by their parental role models.

The quality of your living experience and life doesn’t evolve from income and social influence. The spark of human quality is deep inside the brain and is brought forth in our thoughts and decisions. How brightly does your spark burn?

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Just a quick moment of special thanks to the many teachers who stop by to read The Human Life Map Blogcast. It seems like I deal with so many of the demands of life that teachers don’t get their fair share.

Here are some great tips for teachers.

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It has been interesting to watch the controversy swirling around the death of actor Heath Ledger. Aside from all else it was certainly a tragic loss of an amazing talent.

However, things like this happen during the living experience. There doesn’t have to be a dark and sinister source or purpose for the bad things that occur.

It was a terrible moment when a life ended, but analyzing the event from every angle possible will not alter the situation one bit.

Perhaps it would be best that we celebrate the life and art of Heath Ledger and not dwell so intently on his demise.

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It’s still there. It’s just seems to be hidden under the busy schedules and the demands of the living experience. What I’m referring to is family love. Part of the living experience that is vital to happiness.

Parents love their children they just don’t have a lot of free time to show it. Children love their parents, but their focus is shattered by the onslaught from the newest distractions of technology.

Here are 10 simple ways to extend family love.

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