by Jenna Kominski | Apr 23, 2018 | Blog, Monday Message, Monday Motivation
One of the insights that we frequently hear from those in our care is the importance of friends in our lives. I remember one 90-year-old woman who once told me, “You want to learn something worthwhile? Learn how to be a good friend!” Our friends are there to celebrate...
by Jenna Kominski | Apr 16, 2018 | Blog, Monday Message, Monday Motivation
A nineteenth-century spiritual leader of the Lakota Sioux Indians, Chief Yellow Lark, wrote these inspiring words: “O Great Spirit, whose voice I hear in the winds and whose breath gives life to all the world, hear me. I am small and weak. I need your strength...
by Jenna Kominski | Apr 9, 2018 | Blog, Monday Message, Monday Motivation
I was visiting an 89-year-old man once, sitting on his back porch having a glass of iced tea. He was quiet for several moments looking out over the canal that wound behind his property. Finally, he looked over at me with a sad smile and said, “Where has the time...
by Jenna Kominski | Apr 2, 2018 | Blog, Monday Message, Monday Motivation
There are times when the landscape of our lives may seem dull and lifeless. When we feel like we are “just going through the motions.” This quote from Parker J. Palmer fills us with hope and anticipation. “There is a hard truth to be told: before spring becomes...
by Jenna Kominski | Mar 26, 2018 | Blog, Monday Message, Monday Motivation
Empathy is an act of will and imagination. It is an act of will because it involves a conscious decision to direct our attention away from our own concerns to the concerns of others. It is an act of imagination because it invites us to reflect on what it must be like...
by Jenna Kominski | Mar 19, 2018 | Blog, Monday Message, Monday Motivation
What voice will I bring to those I encounter today? What message will I convey in the words I speak and the attitudes I display? What will those experiencing my presence come away feeling? Bulgarian-born writer, Maria Popova, challenges us: “Strive to be uncynical, to...
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