Author: Terry Rich Hartley, PhD

Like it or not, we are all gladiators. We go to sleep and wake up in a social arena from which there is no escape. Challenge upon challenge confronts us, walls restrain us, and a mob of spectators mocks, sneers, or cheers us. Each and every day brings new battles whether we want them or not and whether we’re up to them or not. Life forces us to face one skirmish after another – no choice in the matter. What we can choose, though, is which kind of gladiator to be, victor or victim. Being a victim in this...