August 20, 2025

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Articles for author: Steve Gwisdalla

Your Suffering Isn’t Their Fault

Your Suffering Isn’t Their Fault

Your Suffering Isn’t Their Fault By Steve Gwisdalla Originally Published March 6, 2025 Do you know anyone hurting right now? Someone who the world takes pleasure in constantly placing difficulty at their feet. Someone who feels the world is out to get them. Someone who can easily name the people who have wronged them over ...

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Be a Great Memory

A Tribe of Up Article By Steve Gwisdalla Originally Published on February 13, 2025 Hello my friends. I would like you all to have a think with me today. Think back to a time when a stranger just made your day. Think back to a time when you had an encounter with someone, a stranger ...

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The Golden Bridge

The Golden Bridge

A Tribe of Up Article By Steve Gwisdalla Published February 6, 2025 In Sun Tzu’s The Art of War, there is a passage that says, “Build your opponents a golden bridge to retreat across.” I know what you are thinking. Strange way to start a Tribe of Up article, eh Steve? Stay with me. Banging ...

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Toxic People Aren’t the Problem

Toxic People Aren’t the Problem

Toxic People Aren’t the Problem By Steve Gwisdalla Hello my friends. As we move bravely forward into this new year, I would like to take a few moments and have a chat about a question a very pleasant woman and “friend of my articles” asked me the other day. Forgive me for paraphrasing the conversation, ...

Was Linus Right?

Was Linus Right?

Was Linus Right? By Steve Gwisdalla Originally Published on January 16, 2025 Hello Tribe of Up. Over the past several weeks, I have had the pleasure of speaking to several people from several local communities. People have had genuinely nice things to say about my little slice of The Sun Times News. The top two ...

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Happiness…One Day I Will

Happiness…One Day I Will

Happiness. One Day I Will… By Steve Gwisdalla I read something the other day that has stuck with me. It talked about happiness. Paraphrasing, it read something like this; If you are looking for that person or thing to make you happy, stop. Find happiness within. My version is a little more to the point, ...

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Resolutions, Evolutions, or Revolutions?

Resolutions, Evolutions, or Revolutions?

Resolutions, Evolutions, or Revolutions? By Steve Gwisdalla Happy New Year! With every new year’s comes a new list of resolutions. This year I am going to…lose weight, get my financial situation in order, get a new job, make amends, reconnect with friends or family. The list is new every year, yet old as time. Hope ...

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When It Isn’t “Them”

When It Isn’t “Them”

When It Isn’t “Them” By Steve Gwisdalla, Founder, Tribe of Up There is a lot of finger pointing these days. It seems if you do not agree with the loudest person talking about anything, then you are wrong. Happy with the election results? You are wrong. Upset with the election results? You are wrong. Merry ...

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Ode to The Little Drummer Boy

Ode to The Little Drummer Boy

Ode to The Little Drummer Boy Published on 12/19/2024 By Steve Gwisdalla There is a great joke that goes along with this holiday classic. There they are. This family of three. Tired, exhausted, and more than a little put out because they had to sleep with the animals because there was no room for them ...

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Deposits and Withdrawals

Deposits and Withdrawals

DEPOSITS AND WITHDRAWALS Originally Published March 2, 2023. By Steve Gwisdalla, Founder, Tribe of Up For my money, (no pun intended) the secret to a happy life boils down to deposits and withdrawals. This is not as obvious as the title may appear. While I do not worship or bow to money (although I do ...

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Dig Deep for Those Who Dig Deep

Dig Deep for Those Who Dig Deep

By Steve Gwisdalla, Founder, Tribe of Up My friends, I fretted over authoring this article. I woke up out of a very sound sleep early Sunday morning with the title of this article running on a continuous loop in my mind. The reason I am fretting is because I do not want this article to ...

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Don’t Be the Frog

Don’t Be the Frog

Don’t Be the Frog By Steve Gwisdalla, Founder, Tribe of Up We have all heard the story about a frog and boiling water. If you put a frog in boiling water, they will jump out. But if you put a frog in regular temperature water and gradually turn up the heat, they will stay in ...

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Happy Almost Anniversary

By Steve Gwisdalla Founder, Tribe of Up Happy Almost Anniversary! Hello my friends. It has been almost two years since I began this social experiment called The Tribe of Up. We have tried to make this an oasis from all of the negativity and polarization that virtually all media seems to love. The more outrageous ...

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Veriditas

By Steve Gwisdalla Founder, Tribe of Up Veriditas “Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine, had described the body’s ability to heal itself, which he called veriditas (green life force). He believed that the physician’s job was to identify which forces were keeping the patient from healing himself and then remove them.” -Stephen R. Gundry, The ...

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The Mountain in Front of You

The Mountain in Front of You

The Mountain in Front of You My friends, it is that time of year. School season. This is an open letter to all students, teachers, parents, and community members as the new school year is upon us. To the Students: While all of you are entering new grades with new teachers, some of you are ...