Read the full Story on Medium “John, when your hand is open you can give things away and at the same time make room for more.”
An open hand
Once Upon a Time, There Were Three Little Girls…and I was their Bosley
Our childhood wasn't all Charlie's Angels and Bosley to be sure! We rallied around each other when times were tough. I call them my war buddies because we've seen and been through some scary stuff together....I can see when someone has the potential to grow from obscurity to the highest heights... My sisters are such people...read more: click on pic or link in bio
Change your lens to see more light.
Change your lens on life and change your life (and maybe others?) for the better. Read more at http://four4soaring.com .
The Struggle is Real…Sometimes…
I am a restless person. You might even call me "Restless by Nature." That is not quite as cool as "Naughty By Nature" but I am anything but cool. This restlessness is all too big a part of being human. We struggle from the moment we emerge from the womb. If you believe Maslow's hierarchy (or... Continue Reading →
Convey your idea, mission, or project through the power of story.
One of the most powerful ideas I have heard recently is that when you share a concept, in reality, you as the presenter are not the hero, your audience is the hero. Nancy Duarte shares this concept with us in her TED Talk as she reveals her passions for presentation. This is how she describes... Continue Reading →
People are more important than things.
As I prepare to sit through this storm my thoughts and prayers are not for all the THINGS that are already lost and will be lost.
Unsunk and unstuck: Open the door to more!
My friends, what I have now realized is that those sunk costs had me sunk. I was drowning in them. I was mired in a morass of my own self-absorption, intent on getting and keeping...
Hope prevails at any age
One of the starkest tragedies of our lives is that we are horrible predictors of the future. This affects us in a myriad of mundane and profound ways. We can be hurt by this in the way we choose our kitchen tile or cast our vote, by our inaction around saving and multiplying our money from a young age or when we fail to see the good things happening around us or, tearfully, when we give up. Even when we don't do something as extreme as giving up permanently, those of us who fall prey to a life without hope can find ourselves existing day to day, as Andy Stanley explains, as a "languishing life preserver."
Do not wish to be…
“Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.”
– Francis de Sales
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