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Believing in the Possible
“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” — Anais Nin As I watched President Obama give his farewell speech, my heart literally ached. I began to remember how I came to know him. Initially I was...
Own Your Part!
“The art of conversation is the art of hearing as well as of being heard.” ― William Hazlitt This past Saturday I watched an episode (for the third time) of the new drama This Is Us on NBC. This time I watched it with my kids. This episode explored a secret that a...
People Color
I wrote about this topic in undergraduate school, but edited it and posted it during the 2008 election. I just edited it again for the 2016 election, because it is still so relevant.... At about age 4, when I first realized that skin color was quite important to a...
Recovering Perfectionist
“Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.” – Carl Bard Everyone has a vice. Sometimes it is super apparent because drugs, alcohol, caffeine are actual substances that people tend to use to cover...
Rest Daddy…
The last two months have been the most challenging I've experienced in quite a while. On the same day that I was letting my daughter go and moving her into college, I got the call that my dad passed...I think it is impossible for me to put into words just how...
Clarity is Power…
Clarity is that momentum that has no resistance, and when you're in that place of clarity, the feeling of what to do next is right there. -Abraham Hicks I recently had an interaction with a very close friend, who is really more like a family member than friend. ...
I’m Social
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