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I had the opportunity to witness a young Japanese student ambassador perform the “Tea Ceremony” for us over the weekend. You might consider making a cup of tea to be a fairly mundane task, but this was far from...
Golda Meir was once quoted as saying, “Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life.” It is inspiring to realize that we have some creative control over who we are and...
Remember these lyrics from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s musical Oklahoma? Oh what a beautiful morning Oh what a beautiful day I’ve got a beautiful feeling Everything’s going my way We have all had those clear-sky...
Progress in life depends on at least two fundamental components: a worthy goal and the will to act. One without the other can result in either being ineffectual or even damaging. A Japanese proverb articulates this...
Sometimes it can feel like we are just along for the ride in our lives. We’re just hanging on and hoping for the best. The reality, I suspect, is that we are underestimating our influence. A wise person offers this...
This morning, I wanted to share this poem by the American writer, Max Ehrmann. Penned in the 1920s, it still offers sound wisdom for the living of our days. It’s a little long, but it’s worth the read! Desiderata...
When we live with an open heart, we can’t help but be impacted by those we serve every day. And when our hearts are filled with compassion, those we serve cannot help but be impacted by us. American science fiction...
West African author and workshop leader, Malidoma Patrice Some’ provides these words of wisdom to begin our week, “When we are connected – to our own purpose, to the community around us, and to our spiritual...
We went to the Van Gogh exhibit at the Dali Museum in St. Petersburg this weekend. The experience of being surrounded by projections of his stunning art accompanied by beautiful music and interspersed with excerpts...
Nothing lasts forever. Knowing this helps us get through difficult times because we know that the difficulties we are experiencing are not permanent. But what about the joyful, fulfilling and meaningful things in our...
Working with people who are living with chronic and life-limiting illness helps us to realize how precious our time is. A hospice patient once shared a quote with me, “Since we know not how we shall die nor when we...
All of us have experienced this at one point or another. Someone does or says something that is upsetting to us, or life throws us a curve that we weren’t anticipating and we react in ways that are not helpful and...