A funny thing happened last week, although it was actually far from funny. I was checking emails a few hours prior to taking a red-eye home from where I’d been working in Sacramento, CA. Suddenly an email pops up that my flight has been cancelled for Wednesday...
You have got to be kidding, I thought. I was on a plane that had left Chicago one hour late because catering forgot to stock the plane, and then there was turbulence so there was no service. We were getting close to landing and the entire plane was agitated…all those...
People will never behave the way we want them to, and if we stake our happiness or success on how everyone is treating us, we’re in trouble. Let me give you an example. Recently my 22-year-old bikini clad granddaughter Rachel and I explored one of central Florida’s...
Charles Bukowski asked, “Can you remember who you were, before the world told you who you should be?” It can be a scary question at times. It doesn’t have to mean we are in the wrong profession in life—although I’ve known many people who came to that conclusion after...
Last week my heart was broken; my wonderful cocker spaniel Grigio had to be euthanized. He was a 14-year-old goofy dog who zig zagged through life having fun, being silly and making lots of friends. He especially loved children since he had his own boy, and he wagged...
“By believing passionately in something that does not yet exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired,” said Nikos Kazantzakis. Which is great when we have the resources and tools to create that focus. But what about when we get...
