What’s your relationship to being right? Love it, right? Am I right, or am I right? (Pun intended) There’s something magically, wonderful about raising your hand and having the right answer! …or giving the right directions! …or wearing the right clothes! Being right is righteous! So…can right ever be wrong? Maybe… Most of us can Read More
Tag: Friendship
Got Money?
Remember the milk commercial, that would star a recognizable celebrity and ask, “Got milk?” When the commercial aired, it always seemed light-hearted and funny. It was an opportunity for those of us who drink milk to identify with a celebrity and their white, milk mustache. Fairly harmless right? Now imagine that same commercial, but instead Read More
Dead Dialogue…
As Americans, the government’s shut down has allowed us to observe the consequence of ineffective communication amongst leaders over the last couple of weeks. Our elected officials have displayed the outcome, when leaders lack the emotional intelligence to compromise and actively listen to one another. Since the beginning of this government shutdown, I’ve overheard comments Read More
Good friends are hard to find…
I have two unusual and controversial questions for you? Are you inspired or discouraged when you see success evident in the action or lives of your close friends? Have you ever been disappointed on the inside when hearing about the great achievements of another who you previously could closely identify with? These aren’t popular Read More
The Promise of Consistency
Have you ever seen something old, that you see everyday, for the very first time? This happened to me recently while headed to work. On this particular morning I hadn’t had a chance to eat or have my morning coffee, so as I sat at a stop light my eyes quite naturally landed on a Read More
The Little Things Matter
The past two weeks the “Thought of the Week” has been drenched in a message of patriotism born from my passion for conserving and protecting our nation’s democracy how and where I can. It doesn’t help that Labor Day and the 10 year anniversary of 9/11 were within a week of each other…those events just Read More