Tom Brady vs. Michael Vick

This year in football has been called "The year of the quarterback". Obviously this is due to the great play of quarterbacks at every level, not just the NFL. However, the topic under dispute in the NFL every year is who should win MVP? This year, the obvious top two candidates are Michael Vick of the Eagles and Tom Brady of the Patriots. With that said, who should be MVP of these two players? Michael Vick has completely turned the Eagles around, and they are currently 10-5, and headed to the playoffs. He has been unstoppable running and throwing the football, and there is no way for teams to defend him. Tom Brady, on the other hand, just like every year, has had amazing success throwing the football and led the Patriots to a 13-2 record thus far. With all this said, who deserves the MVP? Without either player, the teams would virtually be nothing. In my opinion, Tom Brady is more important to his team and more valuable, what do you think?

Gary Kubiak

Gary Kubiak, the Houston Texans head coach, has been coaching four the past few seasons and has had decent success. He has lead the Texans to their first winning season and also a five hundred 8-8 season. But despite these facts, he has yet to take the team to the playoffs, and this season has turned out especially bad after a very good start. Talk has been discussed of firing him after this year due to the fact that he cannot seem to lead the Texans to the playoffs, despite the unbelievable talent the Texans have at virtually all the skill positions. I think the Texans, however, should give Gary Kubiak one more year to see what he can do because overall the team has improved greatly with him as head coach. However, others do not think the same, what is your opinion on the matter? Should he be fired or kept one more year?

Brett Favre

Recently Brett Favre has been continuosly hurt and his amazing streak of consecutive starts finally came to an end. Brett is 41 years of age and once again, as the season comes to an end, people are discussing Brett's retirement. Brett has been very undecided every year for the past three or four years about his retirement. This year, with all the injuries and signs of age, leads me to ask the question do you think Brett Favre should retire? In my opinion, Brett has already hit his prime, and he needs to go ahead and hang it up. He causes a lot of distraction and commotion every year with his decisions, and I think its time to be done. I also think the league should not allow him, or anyone else for that matter, to be allowed to play that season without making it to training camp by a certain date. I think Brett is setting a bad example for young players, and it is time to retire. What do you think?

Be Thankful

"He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has." I read this quote this week, and I know Thanksgiving is over but it was interesting to me that I coincidently read this around that time. It brought to my mind that everywhere you turn somebody is always complaining about something they want or something they don't have, including me. I realized with this quote that all of us have somehting to be thankful for, and the people that live in this country have much to be thankful for, even though some have more than others. The main point is no matter what, always remember to be thankful for the things you do have, including the most precious of all, life.

Help Somebody Out

"You must give some time to your fellowman. Even if it's a little thing do something for those who have need of help, something for which you get no pay but the privilege of doing it. For remembeer, you don't live in a world all your own. Your brothers are here, too." Do you believe in helping people? Do you believe that ultimate success and happiness is achieved when you have also helped others achieve it? The partial quote above is stating that such is true. I believe in this also; I think our world is full of selfish people that don't try and help one another or share successful tips to others. Our world is full of greed, and I believe more people should do what is said above, and then maybe they will realize true happiness and feel whole inside. I think its extremely important and a huge part of life to just help out whenever the chance arrises. What do you think?

Taking Risks

I recently read another quote out of my short story "Strenght For a Man's Heart," and the quote said this: "Progress always involves risk; you can't steal second base and keep your foot on first." This quote is obviously in reference to baseball, but it's also trying to convey a lesson in life. I think risk is ironically a pretty risky line to cross. When does risk cross the line over to stupidity? I believe this quote is correct and everyone should take risks in life to get out of it all they can. But people that take stupid risks that don't have an ultimate successful goal are the ones that cross into stupidity. For example, to risk your life jumping out of an airplane to sky dive...or to risk your life dying for your country instead of being home to protect your indiviual family? What are risks and what is stupidity, and where is the boudary drawn? What's your opinion

Money

"The golden age only comes to men when they have forgotten gold." (G.K. Chesterton).... I read this quote in a book called "Strength for a Man's Heart," which is a short story of poems and quotes by multiple authors. I chose this quote because to me, our society has totally lost sight of life and what the goal of life is. Everybody today is so concentrated on money and materialistic items that nobody is happy because they never get what they want; they are always wanting more. It seems most of the people you see that are truly happy are people that don't really have a lot of money. I think people should stop concentrating so much on money and start concentrating on being morally happy with themselves, and helping others achieve the same goal. I think this quote is very true because the people that concentrate on love, faith, family, and helping others, are the people that are really happy. I know plenty of people with great jobs and tons of money who seemingly hate their lives. Why is this? And what does it take for somebody to truly "forget the gold?" I think the answer is found by using your money for things you need and using it for things that make your love, family, and faith come closer togther. And I think it is also found when you help others with it. Money is nice to have, but happiness comes with your internal actions, not your external materials. What is your opinion?