No armour required…
Why is it in the face of the most horrifying pain and difficulty we no longer cry? We have learned to buffer. To manage. To expect it and get by.…
Why is it in the face of the most horrifying pain and difficulty we no longer cry? We have learned to buffer. To manage. To expect it and get by.…
Commit to beauty. Not glamour. Commit to affection. Not attention. Commit to craft. Not work. Commit to process. Not outcome. Commit to love. Not duty. Commit to do. Not try.…
A new kind of service standards are in order. Think of the people in your life. The ones that matter. Really matter. What kind of service would they say you’re…
Dr. John Gottman of the University of Washington studied marriage and found that “unless a couple is able to maintain a high ratio of positive to negative encounters (5:1 or…
To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you…
I found an old letter from my Great Aunt Marg (award-winning poet, Margaret Avison) referring to some of my early teenage attempts at writing that my grandmother had shared with…
I implore all leaders at all levels – instead of just offering sick days, employees should be allowed read-a-book days. For those rare times when a book is so compelling.…
I bought this poster in NYC awhile back. Love it (especially the first line). It was a tough 2011, including an eyesight issue, so my ability to read and write…
I heard Seth Godin talk about the idea of “hiding”. When we can’t choose which path to take. It means we’re hiding. Plain and simple. Like a kid playing a…
We all have one phrase. At least one. A line we know deserves to be on a t-shirt. For people to walk about town in. People passing by in the…