Titles are what we are given to get other people to respond to us in a certain way. The grander the title, the more exalted we ought to be viewed, don’t you think? The lie of the title On the surface having the title CEO, or CFO makes us more important than having the […]
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One of the basic things I was taught as a little child was Civility towards others. That is not to say I have always been able to control my mouth. Once in a while I have been known to express my disappointment in another person by letting loose a less than civil tirade. HOWEVER, I
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Our minds can only take us so far in this journey we have embarked upon, the rest takes the heart. Our mind will help us resolve simple questions. It will help us balance our checkbooks, but it will not resolve the most pressing issues of our lives. That takes the heart. While so many things
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Throughout our lives we have been subjected to the innocent remark. These are words that are meant to be funny, or helpful, but actually hurt us deeply. Benign phrases such as “Wow, what happened to you?” leave us searching for what might be wrong with us. “I can’t sing either,” is a backhanded put-down. “Put
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Those of us who were schooled during the 1950’s through the 80’s were schooled in the paradigm of the Industrial Age, even though the Industrial Age had long passed. We were taught to think via specific processes; processes which served well as our country made its transition from an agricultural society to the “modern age.” Science
I loved my mother and father, and they loved me, for that I am grateful. Yet I often wonder these decades since they left this planet what they would think of the path I am walking in my life right now. The simple truth is that it does not matter how they would be viewing
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“If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything.” I can still hear my mother saying that to me even though decades have passed since I last heard her voice. It is still good advice today, for you and for me both. Yet for some reason we seem to have the need to
