“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi. The first time I set foot in a gym, I was struck by one thing: all of this effort and sweat with no product. I thought of how it would appear to the hardworking farmers and laborers of developing […]
“Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.” ~ Victor Hugo. On one of my flights into Manchester, I don’t recall how many years ago, I had a surprising discovery. It was a clear, cloudless morning, the sun rising from a rose tinged horizon, the sky a beautiful shade of dark blue. As […]
“Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time.”~ Viktor E. Frankl Studies show that you can predict a person’s ability to change a habit by the degree to which they believe in their ability to change. Self-efficacy is the term given to that belief […]
“Open your eyes, and look within.”~ Robert Nesta Marley (aka ‘Bob’) What a distracted society we have become. We are no longer satisfied with doing things one activity at a time. For some reason we feel inadequate, lazy, or incomplete when we focus on one single thing. The generation coming up are experts at […]
“You say goodbye, and I say hello” John Lennon All good things must come to an end. And so a trip to the family, to England and Wales comes to an end. With it come the regrets, the questions. What if? What if I did not live in Miami? What if I had stayed in […]
“In every conceivable way, family is link to the past, and bridge to the future” – Alex Haley. First – a disclaimer: I am struggling to write this morning on my new device (I suppose you could call it an early Christmas gift), an i-pad. And though it is wonderful for addictions such as facebook, […]
“My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that?” ~Bob Hope Time is flying. We seem to notice this in December more than any other month, as Christmas is upon us (already?) and the year […]
“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”~ Leo Tolstoy. I am an impatient person, of this I am fully aware. I have to consciously make myself wait, breathe, and allow things to happen. We are often dissatisfied with our life, our jobs, the people we share space with, […]
We are a society that is seduced by packaging. At Christmas time we can buy beautifully prepackaged sets of products. Unfortunately when we open them up, we find tiny bottles and a whole lot of garbage. The same is true of our leaders. So often we hear fiery rhetoric, phrases designed to inflame our emotions,…
Friday Morning Message: “Rhetoric is not important. Actions are.” – Nelson Mandela.
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