“The moment that we believe we have a choice, there is hope. We are no longer playing the role of victim — we are taking responsibility.” ~Julie Freedman Smith and Gail Bell, Parenting Power When children are young, we give them freedom in choosing things: what color shirt they will wear, how much food they […]
Read More“When eating an elephant take one bite at a time.”~ Creighton Abrams Some jobs are just overwhelming. Trying to help clients find success in their businesses, I often have to remind myself, and them, that it doesn’t usually happen overnight. Success takes a lot of work and dedication. Some projects just feel huge, don’t […]
Read More“Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.” ~Ronald Reagan “Mankind must put an end to war — or war will put an end to mankind. ” – John F. Kennedy Peacemaker is possibly in a dictionary somewhere with a picture of my face beside it and […]
Read More“My father had warned me, “Don’t babble. Don’t bray. For you never can tell who might hear what you say.” My father had warned me, “Boy button your lip.” And I guess that I should have. I made a bad slip.” ~Steak for Supper, Dr. Seuss Why didn’t we wait? What was the hurry? Pressing […]
Read More“He who works with his hands is a laborer. He who works with his hands and his head is a craftsman. He who works with his hands and his head and his heart is an artist.” ― Francis of Assisi Watching my mother paint colors onto a canvas, I see the face of my son […]
Read More“I bet if we ran into the sixth grade version of ourselves, they’d give us wet willies and put bubble gum in our hair for even thinking about doing this.” ~Longfellow Deeds (Adam Sandler, Mr. Deeds) The person we dreamed we would be when we were little kids often doesn’t match who we’ve become. Did you […]
Read More“Your hand opens and closes, opens and closes. If it were always a fist or always stretched open, you would be paralysed. Your deepest presence is in every small contracting and expanding, the two as beautifully balanced and coordinated as birds’ wings.” ― Rumi, The Essential Rumi The tulips were a treat because we had company […]
Read More“All the world is made of faith, and trust, and pixie dust.” ― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan There are two ways we encounter trust: we either believe others will do what they say or we don’t, and we are either the kind of people who do what we say or we aren’t. Maybe we were […]
Read More“He explained to me with great insistence that every question possessed a power that did not lie in the answer.” ~Eli Wiesel, Night Ask a child if they made their bed or cleaned their room, ask a politician if they agree or disagree, ask someone if your outfit makes you look fat or thin, or […]
Read More“Photographs and memories All the love you gave to me Somehow it just can’t be true It’s all I’ve left of you.” ~Jim Croce Bum ba da dum, bum ba da dum…the sound of the drums travels across the field, over the ditch, through a few trees, and into my ears. It’s the high school […]
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