Wake Up Call! – Baggage Wisdom

November 30, 20140

  BAGGAGE WISDOM The baggage of your life will either be a teacher or a prison guard. My friend Crystal was distraught. She said, “My Mom is unable to live…

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Wake Up Call Newsletter – template

November 29, 20140

                 BAGGAGE WISDOM The baggage of your life will either be a teacher or a prison guard. My friend Crystal was distraught. She said, “My Mom is unable to live…

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Wake Up Call! – Let Go of What You Do Not Have

November 23, 20140

  LET GO OF WHAT YOU DO NOT HAVE To be thankful for what you have let go of what you do not have. I remember my first Thanksgiving as…

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Wake Up Call! – The Gratitude Bank

November 16, 20140

  THE GRATITUDE BANK A simple expression of gratitude to someone can be a gift to you both. I was thinking a lot about Priscilla, a woman whose mere existence…

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Wake Up Call! – Being Awed!

November 9, 20140

  BEING AWED! Simple pleasures invite awe. I was out early taking my dog Lucy for a walk. Unlike many of our walks I was preoccupied and wanted her ablutions…

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Wake Up Call! – Shockingly Wonderful Guides

November 2, 20140

  SHOCKINGLY WONDERFUL GUIDES The unexpected guides who appear in our lives are shockingly wonderful. A wise and generous-hearted guide appeared in my life two decades ago. As I wrestled…

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Wake Up Call! – Extraordinary Gifts!

October 26, 20140

  EXTRAORDINARY GIFTS! Transforming a gift into something extraordinary for others is an act of loving oneness. I knew that the second box of Saffron given to me would remain…

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Ebola & Fear – What To Do?

October 20, 20140

October 20, 2104 The fear of Ebola keeps ratcheting up each day. I know I worry about my spouse traveling on long international flights for business. The fears are real.…

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Wake Up Call! – Scars of Beauty

October 19, 20140

  SCARS OF BEAUTY It’s in the scars of my life that I discover the love and kindness that shape my heart. A good friend and I sat on the…

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Wake Up Call! – What Matters

October 12, 20140

  WHAT MATTERS Some of my concerns seem trivial, keeping me from what matters most. On the last leg of a trip a delay kept me in the airport for…

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