Tears and joy all in one day
Monday, 11 May 2015
The day began as I departed from St Louis at dawn and drove to my home town of Chicago. Some people think the drive a horrid one, I love it. I am on the open road, enjoying the countryside, the old farms, the big sky, the rising sun, and the quiet. I trust my time
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A special request for peace — today
Thursday, 13 November 2014
Peace. It is attainable through intention. I love the words of the song “Give Peace a Chance”.Imagine what would happen if the method of protest would return to the sit ins that used to take place here in America in the 1960s and 1970s. We would be looking at a very different national image and
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When your memories bless you and haunt you
Monday, 10 November 2014
We have a lifetime of events that imprint us and those imprints are both emotional and psychological. We have the capacity to influence how it goes, what the feelings are, what the words are, and how we allow them to influence us as we take the next steps in our lives. Build the Strength Within
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When anger prevails we create–The Ferguson Ordeal
Wednesday, 20 August 2014
There was a movie about youth who wanted to fight, they were called rebels without a cause. There are times in the lifespan when we search for our identity and try on all sorts of tactics in an effort to understand who we are in the face of others. There are elements of this that
Why Tap? To Save Your Life!
Friday, 14 March 2014
I’ve come across this approach in a very serendipitous manner. I have found it to be a blessing. This is something I am eager to share because I am seeing results! Nick Ortner and his sister, Jessica, are genuinely giving and loving people–smart too and so filled with compassion. The article below comes straight
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The K Factor
Tuesday, 07 January 2014
Where K = Kindness, and the factors are the things that lead to it.
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When you think your life is over….
Friday, 16 August 2013
Life is full of surprises and yet I am never surprised at how people behave when they think their life is really over. When someone is coming to a close on this life experience, they talk about many of the same things and yet the focus is singular — I WANT MORE TIME. I
Coping with tragedy: When mass destruction occurs
Tuesday, 16 April 2013
1) What can one do to deal with the aftermath of an event like the one that occurred at the Boston Marathon? The most important thing to do is to believe that there is a way in which to prevent things like this from happening. Our culture has gotten a little too accustomed to believing that there
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