Ready for Valentine’s Day?

Well, ’tis the season. This is the month that all good couples are encouraged, no, let’s face it, expected, to focus on the following: -Cards -Chocolate -Flowers -Hearts -Sentiment -Perhaps Dinner Out -Perhaps a Gift It all depends on who is in our lives...

Conflict: It happens to the best of us.

There’s a great quote by John D. Rockefeller. He was a very successful man and very wealthy. But that did not make him immune to problems and conflict. If anything, there were more people in his daily life, and therefore, more conflict. His quote goes like this:...

Are You Grateful?

“What ya readin’?” I asked as I breezed by my friend who was lunching outside. “Bonhoeffer,” was her reply, “…so sad.” Yes. It is a sad story, but it has a wonderul message and he was a fabulous man. (You should check...

It’s Campaign Season!

The Presidential election is heating up, and folks are getting hotter as well by the minute… I don’t know why I was so surprised at the frustration over not seeing eye to eye with a particular individual. It was a very simple premise. But when you think about...

Lofty Aspirations.

“…loving kindness, good humor and self-awareness…These are the things to which we aspire in all areas of our lives”. Such were the words our yoga instructor chose to close out our class that morning. As I attempted to release my ankle from my thigh, rotate my...

Do You Hate to Lose?

I was playing some Chinese Checkers with some folks recently, and I will admit, it was fun. No one got bent out of shape or upset. Simply a good game and great conversation. Some people, however, just do not like to lose. And if you watch them closely enough, in time,...