by Jenna Kominski | Oct 26, 2020 | Monday Message, Monday Motivation
It’s easy to think that if we only had more happiness in our lives, we would be grateful. But the reality is, it is gratitude that opens the doors of our heart to happiness. As one American author puts it, “Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what...
by Jenna Kominski | Oct 19, 2020 | Monday Message, Monday Motivation
American Philosopher and Psychologist William James once said, “Act as if what you do makes a difference. IT DOES.” This is true in our families, in our circle of friends, in the workplace, in our social media and in all of the ways that we interact with our community...
by Jenna Kominski | Oct 12, 2020 | Monday Message, Monday Motivation
I remember visiting a dear soul at her bedside a week before she died. She was a person of deep faith and we had enjoyed many conversations as she came to terms with her death and looked back over her life. But that morning when I came to see her, she seemed...
by Jenna Kominski | Oct 5, 2020 | Monday Message, Monday Motivation
During our last Call to Connect, Director of Social Work Practice, Ronnie Featherstone shared this poem for a moment of inspiration. “In the Time of Pandemic” by Kitty O’Meara And the people stayed home. And they listened, and read books, and rested, and exercised,...
by Jenna Kominski | Sep 28, 2020 | Blog, Monday Message, Monday Motivation
Poets help us to see beauty and mystery that we might otherwise walk right by without noticing. They do the work of exploring and articulating feelings and experiences which so often open our own hearts to depths of feeling which we could not find the words to...
by Jenna Kominski | Sep 14, 2020 | Blog, Monday Message, Monday Motivation
If we hope to achieve some level of mutual understanding and shared sense of destiny, we must on a fundamental level, challenge the illusion of our separateness and embrace the fact that our fates and our fortunes are inextricably intertwined. Here is how Trappist...
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