Don Owens

Opinions are my own and do not represent those of the companies or organizations I serve within.

Lessons on Business from “Lycidas”

Three poets changed how I see the universe: Boethius, Dante and Milton. John Milton is acclaimed as the greatest poet in the English...

A Life Changing Education – Our Reflections

Next month will end one journey for our family as our youngest will graduate high school. We were the crazy family that decided to home...

Alone In The Dark

I couldn’t find the trail as I moved through the trees. There were several boulders in front of me and after an hour of following a...

Virtue Without A Pedestal is Evil

Over the last few weeks my son and I have been reading the Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. In part II of the book Franklin spends...

Growing Older – A New Frontier

At 46 I am not considered old in the current culture, however, I am getting there quickly. Each year there are new and unique trials:...

Politics: The Lost Art of Thinking

“”Few men had developed their powers of correct thinking, and fewer still were willing to employ thought as a means for settling...

On My Daughters Graduation - May 15, 2014

On November 14, 1996 my world was rocked. For the first time in my life I experienced unconditional love. Most people equate this to...