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“Have a day!”
Make of this day what you will.
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Can You Explore without Exploiting or Extinguishing?
Things could have been different.
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Revel in the Abundance
What delights are set before you!
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What Thanksgiving Was, Is, and Should Be
I hope they don’t perpetuate the myth in schools anymore.
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Beware Abundance
I absolutely love buffets, so I try to avoid them. I am frugal by nature, so when I’m charged a fixed price in an all you can eat situation, I tend to try to get my money’s worth. In other words, I gorge myself. I don’t think I’ve ever left a buffet without feeling slightly…
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Lack vs. Abundance
There is an interesting human spectrum that tells you a great deal about people. I call it the generosity spectrum. But it also has a great deal to do with trust, confidence, kindness, and a sense of karma. At one extreme, you have people who are so wide open that they put themselves at risk.…
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On Staying Put
The worst mistake I’ve ever made was staying for decades in a situation that made me unhappy. I now look back on those years with sadness and wonder what I could have achieved if I only had the courage to listen to my gut. But no. I played it safe. I didn’t want to hurt…
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Write Your Own Life Story
It’s not as though young people are beating a path to my door, asking me for advice. In fact, I don’t really know any young people. We move in entirely different circles. But given my rich inner landscape, I have a tendency to carry on conversations in my mind that I’ve never really had. This…
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Thoughts on Gratitude
I’ve been thinking about gratitude quite a bit lately. In fact, it’s going to be the subject of my first anthology. As a topic it’s much more complex and richly nuanced than I first thought. I’m finding that the more I view my life in terms of gratitude, the more blessings I seem to receive.…
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Generosity Breeds Abundance
It seems rather simple to me. The more you give, the more likely you will be to receive. And even when I don’t receive, I just feel better when I give. One of the things I try to do regularly is send out kudos e-mails here at work. I don’t know why people find it…