Making a Difference…One Starfish at a Time

  • On December 20, 2018
Have you ever heard the story about the little boy and the starfish? It’s from a book called The Star Thrower by Loren Eiseley. Here’s the gist of the story as I remember it: There’s an old man walking along the beach after a big storm. Far away he sees a young boy moving towards him,
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Want More Happiness in Your Life? Make Your Own

  • On November 6, 2018
With mid-term elections upon us, are you as tired as I am about the overwhelming amount of anxiety, frustration, anger, disappointment, blame, fear (and fear-mongering), and hopelessness and desperation in our country? Whatever happens on Nov 6th, some part of our community will likely continue to feel that way. When I read about the idea
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Do You Know Who’s Cleaning Your Office?

  • On October 16, 2018
Do you know who processes your travel reimbursements, cleans your floors, empties your trash, guards the building? If these people are not directly interacting with you in your job, chances are you don’t. As we used to say in the Army, there’s the pointy tip of the spear…but it doesn’t fly alone. The pointy tip
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Who’d You Bring to the Dance?

  • On October 4, 2018
I’m a bit of a Dancing With the Stars junkie and this season features its first blind competitor, paralympian Danelle Umstead.  She is paired with professional dancer Artem Chigvintse. The job of Artem and the other pros on the show is to train non-dancers to dance. Their role is to design an experience which stretches their partner’s
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Where Did Your Wings Take You?

  • On September 20, 2018
Jump, and you will find out how to unfold your wings as you fall. –Ray Bradbury, author   I don’t really think of myself as a ‘jump off the cliff’ type, more a ‘calculated risk’ taker. I prefer to travel off the beaten path, yet I can’t see myself hacking a new trail through unexplored
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Is it OK to Get Angry?

  • On September 6, 2018
I was so angry. Angrier than I can remember being in years. Something I thought was fixed, had unraveled again. It was important to me. And the person who I thought was taking care of it, wasn’t. This is not a feeling I’m used to, anger. I really try to approach things with an open
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