In America, a warehouse store. A fully roasted chicken costs five dollars, the raw chicken beside it costs seven, and I stood between them like a man between two truths.
Golden. Hot. Seasoned. Spinning in glory under the lights, in a line of its brothers. Four dollars and ninety-nine cents.
I checked the raw birds. Seven dollars. Pale. Cold. You must do everything yourself.
This is not commerce. Commerce does not move backward. Somewhere in this building, mathematics lies defeated.
I asked the man at the counter. "How is the cooked bird cheaper than the raw bird?"
"Been five bucks forever. They keep it that way."
"But the store loses."
"Yep. On purpose."
On purpose. I held my receipt with both hands.
In my land, a lord who lowered the price of rice in a hard winter was remembered for generations. They built him a small shrine. This store does it every day, with chicken, and tells no one.
A woman behind me grew tired of my reverence. "It's just a chicken, sir."
It is not just a chicken. It is a wound the merchant takes on purpose, so that anyone, on any day, with five dollars, eats like a lord. The bird is the message. The price is the vow.
I will confess: I bought two. I did not need two. The second was not hunger. It was gratitude, and it was delicious.
Some prices are not prices. They are promises.
I return every week now. I take one bird. I bow toward the deli, briefly, so as not to alarm the staff. They have begun nodding back.
The vow holds. The bird turns. Five dollars.
Long may it spin.
The game knows when you respect it.
Not when you use it, when you serve it.
Quarterback is a platform. Not a crown.
It gives you a microphone, a spotlight, a responsibility.
And the moment you treat it like it owes you something, it starts taking things away.
When you honor it…
When you show up early, prepare in silence, take the blame, give the credit, protect your guys, and keep your ego out of the way, the game gives back.
Not always immediately.
Not always loudly.
But faithfully.
College football doesn’t reward talent alone.
It rewards stewardship.
It rewards the ones who understand that leadership is heavier than stats, and that winning is a byproduct of alignment of mind, body, spirit, and team.
A national championship isn’t just earned on Saturdays.
It’s earned in how you carry yourself on Mondays.
In how you speak when no cameras are around.
In how you treat the locker room, the weight room, the classroom, and the people who will never be in your highlight tape.
When you respect the game, the game remembers.
And sometimes, when everything aligns, it gives you a moment so big it makes every sacrifice worth it.
Handle the platform the right way.
The reward always finds you.
Congratulations Fernando & Thank You ❤️🙏🏽
Women entering the workforce has completely destroyed quality of life for Americans
1. Two incomes became the new one income.
Once everyone had to work, employers and banks raised prices. Houses doubled. Families didn’t get ahead. They just ran harder to stay in place.
2. Kids got raised by institutions instead of parents.
Daycare replaces bonding. Schools replace values. Screens replace discipline. Then everyone wonders why kids are anxious and disconnected.
3. Communities disappeared.
If both parents work all day, nobody is home. No neighborhood stability. No local support. Just isolated families worn out from the grind.
4. Stress shot through the roof.
Two commutes, two schedules, no downtime, constant rushing. Marriages crack under nonstop exhaustion.
5. Divorce became the easy option.
Two incomes make it simple to leave instead of fix problems. The family foundation got weaker.
6. Birthrates collapsed.
If both parents are working 50 hours a week, having more than one or two kids is almost impossible. Entire generations are shrinking.
7. Government filled the void.
When no one is home, institutions step in. Schools. Daycare. After school programs. Healthcare systems. Government support. Weak homes create more state dependence.
8. Men lost purpose.
A man’s historical role to build, protect, and provide got diluted. Many men checked out. Society suffers when men have nothing to fight for.
9. Women were sold a false dream.
They were told a career and a boss would make them happier than raising their children or building a family. Now we have record levels of burnout, depression, and regret.
10. Families turned into roommates.
Everyone works. Everyone is tired. No one has energy for each other. The home stopped being a team and became a collection of exhausted individuals.