I’m not doing New Year’s resolutions this year. They haven’t worked. Ever. Instead, I’m setting up accountability systems. I want to connect myself with ways to hold more responsibility for changing bad habits, for living a life generous to myself as well as others. The “ah ha” moment came when a guidance counselor friend was…
Love The word Gratitude is love on steroids. It is a noun that implies that an action is in progress. It is happening! It is here! And it is a very good thing. So, setting aside the wordsmith in me, here is what I am grateful for right here and now: For my family, especially the kids, kids-in-law,…
#1 Community matters. Instead of the handout generation, my dad was raised as part of the “let me give a hand” generation. Back in his day, his hometown Garnett might as well have been light years from Kansas City. If things were going to get done, it was up to the community to make it…
Last night as I lay sleeping, I dreamt O, marvelous error- That there was a beehive here inside my heart And the golden bees were making white combs And sweet honey from all my failures Machado de Assis This past weekend I was at a writers conference. During the question and answer period after my…