Category Inspirational
FMM 9 11 15 Lead on, McDuff!
‘A Leader is one who knows the way, goes the way and shows the way.’~John Maxwell. One of the last classes before nursing students graduate is a class on leadership. It includes a great deal of practical hours in the clinical setting, usually with an experienced nurse who is working in a leadership position. This […]
FMM 9 4 15 My Cup it Overflows
“Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.” ~Karl Barth. I can’t complain. These past few weeks have given me many moments to be thankful for the life I live. Last week I visited my family in the UK – and was able to soak in the beauty of wild wild Wales, the mysterious mountains, the […]
FMM 8 21 15 With Appreciation
“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.”~John F. Kennedy. I am screeching to the end of a particularly hectic week, one in which multiple deadlines collided. Perhaps some of them could have been avoided with better time management, but […]
FMM 8 14 15 The Placebo Effect
“Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow”~Helen Keller (a blind woman!). How do you start your day, your week, your month? Do you jump out of bed, smiling and greeting the opportunity to live life to the fullest? Or do you moan and groan, resenting, fighting, complaining and counting the […]
FMM 8 7 15 Being and Knowing
Set a better example (Better set an example)~Alton Ellis. Teaching and learning are two completely different concepts. Ask any teacher! You may teach your heart out, but if learning has not taken place, you were ineffective. When I think of the image of a college professor standing in a large auditorium, expounding at great length […]
FMM 7 31 15 Make a U-Turn
FMM 7 31 15 Make a U-Turn “If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.” ~Lao Tzu. I have always joked that a journey is no fun if you don’t have to make at least one or two U-turns. I once had a GPS (navigational system) that spoke to […]
FMM 7 3 15 Unexpected Blessings
“There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, it hardly behooves any of us, to speak ill of the rest of us.” ~ Edward Wallis Hoch. We are living in some interesting times. At times of great change and uncertainty, some of us get […]
FMM 6 26 15 A Consequential Life
“Ever more people today have the means to live, but no meaning to live for.” ~ Viktor Frankl When I was about 12 years old, there was a teacher who made an impact on me, by declaring one of my classmates ‘inconsequential’. I forget what provoked the comment, but it was handed down in a […]
FMM 6 19 15 Embrace yourself!
“If you don’t love yourself, you cannot love others. You will not be able to love others. If you have no compassion for yourself then you are not able of developing compassion for others.”~Dalai Lama. This world can be a scary place, with examples of hate and violence evident in living color whenever we turn […]
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