Tag: Love

  • We remember our fallen heroes today.

  • A Positively Magical(?) Way to Foster Accountability

    A Positively Magical(?) Way to Foster Accountability

    We can all become โ€œenergy vampiresโ€ at times – if left unchecked. Our role as leaders is to check that tendency at every turn- both in the culture and, perhaps more importantly, in ourselves.

  • We rise by lifting others

    We rise by lifting others

    Here is a letter I wrote to a community I belong to when that tribe was at a low point. When we had suffered losses. When the future was uncertain. Fell free to use this, all or part of it, and share it, when you find yourself in a similar situation. Friends, Today is not…

  • How can I do better?

    We can become complicit in evil if we are not careful. Our behavior in our workplaces, schools, churches, communities and families and the way we react to events can send signals : we can choose to send ripples of healing kindness or ripples of bitterness; ripples of proactive improvement of the status quo or ripples…

  • Hello in there – Reprise on LinkedIn

    Read the updated post : Hello in there : The call to seek connection and be known on my LinkedIn account.

  • Four4Soaring Launches a Podcast

    Four4Soaring Launches a Podcast

    Hi Soarers! I just wanted to give everyone a heads up that I have been dabbling with recording podcast versions of the blog. The podcast can be found on multiple platforms where podcasts are available like Spotify. I am using an app called Anchor and my iPhone to create the podcasts and right now they…

  • Let me build a bridge, for I cannot fill the chasm…

    Let me build a bridge, for I cannot fill the chasm…

    The poet of my youth was one Gordon Sumner, aka Sting. The first concert I ever went to was Dream of the Blue Turtles, his debut solo album. A bit odd for a kid my age as all my other friends went to the Journey, AC/DC and KISS concerts, and I loved all that music…

  • A mom for all seasons

    A mom for all seasons

    If many of you were to write a blog about your mom and titled it ” A mom for all seasons” I suspect your story might be about one special woman who showered you with unconditional love, who was your rock, your inspiration and a guiding light in your life. Still others of you might…

  • Surviving change without going ape

    Surviving change without going ape

    How many times have we left for work, fully intending to play the part of the ever-composed, quietly observant, always benevolent Jane Goodhall, only to find ourselves at the end of the day, flinging feces at our teammates in a primitive display of dominance and one-upmanship? โ€œYou cannot get through a single day without having an…

  • Happy birthday in heaven Dad !

    Happy birthday in heaven Dad !

    Old School : family film with Dad My Dad would have been 75 today if my โ€œgoesintasโ€ are correct? I wish he would have had a chance to see my, my sisters and my step brother and step sisterโ€™s families grow and soar! I’m thankful my dad captured these moments of my earliest childhood on…