‘Inner Puppy’ Permission Slip

Just finished working in Austin, TX and the last night in town I went to a glorious dog park, just as the sun was setting and the first stars of the evening appeared. I watched a variety of dogs dash around among the legs of their owners, some timid, some...

The Gift of the Unexpected

I have a one-eyed male cat named Nala, and when a friend gave me a book called Nala’s World, about a Scottish man cycling the world with a cat named Nala, it intrigued me; I immediately got into their adventures. And I got caught up in the fact that he chose, actually...

A ‘Clunker’ Point of View

When I was a teenager, I had a boyfriend who drove a car with a hole in the floor, right where my feet should go. I could watch the pavement as we drove; the car was that rickety. Makes me think of some of the world views I’ve driven around over the years, they’ve...

Wednesday Wisdom – Adapting the Lighthouse Theory

Steve Pemberton, author of A Chance in the World, uses an interesting metaphor for being the change we want to see happen at work, home and everywhere in between. He talks about becoming a human lighthouse. Referencing someone who made a difference in our lives, he...