When my best self gets lost

When my best self gets lost

  “There is no elevator to success.You have to take the stairs.” — Zig Ziglar My intention every day is to be my best self in every interaction. I don’t always succeed in my goal.At the end of this week, while I was talking on an early morning call...
Wyrd

Wyrd

The World Wide Web is another interwoven network and a well-named one.It is truly a web of almost endlessly interconnecting nodules (of which this page is one)linked together by invisible strands of electronic connectivity.This page has existed, waiting for you. You...
Choice Starts with a Spark and Intention

Choice Starts with a Spark and Intention

“In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being.We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.” — Albert Schweitzer Recently, I was honored to...
Unexpected Doors

Unexpected Doors

“You have to come to your closed doorsbefore you get to your open doors.”—  Joel Osteen​   I have started to travel again. Though I am rusty in my pre-trip preparations, I am like a kid in a candy store with the discovery of the changes that have...
Me and My Shadow

Me and My Shadow

  “It is only through shadows that one comes to know the light.” — St. Catherine of Siena Do you have someone with whom you can talk without restraint? Someone with whom you can sort your thoughts, share your frustrations and unfiltered concerns? Does...
Gifts of the Pandemic

Gifts of the Pandemic

“Learning is the antidote to fear, prejudice, bias, and to becoming obsolete.” ― Kate Nassar   Life is a journey of highs and lows, gifts, and sacrifices — and the many planned and unexpected events. When I talk like this I sound like my mother and grandmother....
Leaving the Pandemic Bubble

Leaving the Pandemic Bubble

You can still make new friends when wearing a mask. Your eyes carry your smile. — Leslie Yerkes On my recent first plane trip since the onset of the pandemic and my first trip out of the country in over two years, I found the world waiting and people willing to...
Restoration of the Forgotten

Restoration of the Forgotten

“Sometimes it takes a total break to lead to complete healing and restoration.” ― Karen Pennington   I took myself to a different place and discovered all sorts of things. After two years of no plane travel and many canceled trips and engagements, I boarded a...
Come On and Rescue Me

Come On and Rescue Me

“Rescue me,Oh take me in your arms.Rescue meI want your tender charms.’Cuz I’m lonely and I’m blue.I need you and your love, too.Come on and rescue me.”   — Raynard Miner & Carl Smith   Some people would tell you that I have dogs,...
Humbly Embracing Humanness

Humbly Embracing Humanness

“If you could only sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet;how important you can be to the people you may never even dream of.There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person.” — Fred Rogers  ...
The Great What?

The Great What?

  “Never be a prisoner of your past. It was just a lesson, not a life sentence.” — Anonymous   I really appreciate it when one of my blogs sparks a reaction. I write from what I observe and hear. So, to add to that collection of themes really broadens...
The Great Disconnect

The Great Disconnect

“Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future.” ― Niels Bohr   Never has the challenge of finding the skilled talent, filling and fitting positions, and retaining good people been as difficult — or as much as of a concern — as it is...
When the Marathon Becomes a Triathlon

When the Marathon Becomes a Triathlon

  “Normal life is highly structured for most people. This is because of the routine ofgoing to work, social interactions, and the like. The loss of these rhythms means thatwe are almost lost in time because we don’t have our usual cuesto what day it is, or...
The Power of Narratives

The Power of Narratives

“We use narrative to label the lens through which the storyline is told.I hear about narratives everywhere I go.” — Leslie Yerkes   When I was in school, a narrative was a literary term associated with the storyline of a book. To be a narrator is to be the...
Boundaries and Balance

Boundaries and Balance

“When we are no longer able to change a situation,we are challenged to change ourselves.” ― Viktor Frankl This morning I succeeded at maintaining a commitment to myself that I had previously let fall off my schedule. For the first time in many months, I...
Highs and Lows

Highs and Lows

“In the darkest of times, have faith and ask for support,and the light of hope, friendship, and help will appear. “ — Leslie Yerkes   I don’t have too many seriously emotionally hard weeks. I am not afraid of hard work or challenging situations. This week,...
Is Anything Weighing Heavy on Your Mind?

Is Anything Weighing Heavy on Your Mind?

“We can wait out the stormOr we can stand in the rain.Gonna have to mournOr hide from some pain. It weighs heavyOn my mind.So heavyOn my mind.” — “Heavy on My Mind”Mavis Staples I know, what a silly question to ask as we are eighteen-plus...