Wake Up Call! – Do Not Assume!
DO NOT ASSUME! My assumptions about others may not be about them at all. I was puzzled by my colleague Beth – she’d promised to record a message about…
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LET GO OF TRYING TO CONTROL Let go of trying to control or change another person and find something to appreciate. In the last year of her life my…
Read moreWake Up Call! – Pause to Take Time
PAUSE TO TAKE TIME Pause to take time with a stranger or friend and be surprised by what it reveals. A person I barely know wrote about how surprised…
Read moreWake Up Call! – Unexpected Invitations
UNEXPECTED INVITATIONS Life’s unexpected moments are an invitation to be generous. I watched as two young children on a ferry boat responded to the choppy waves by throwing up.…
Read moreWake Up Call! – Why Do You Love?
WHY DO YOU LOVE? When you love yourself loving others is less complicated! Decades loving others was driven in part by my need to know that I was worthy…
Read moreWake Up Call! – Stop Rescuing & Trust
STOP RESCUING AND TRUST Let go of rescuing and trust in the life that is yours. Marta shared an epiphany with me. “I rescue my 40 year old daughter…
Read moreWake Up Call! – Your Powerful Memories
YOUR POWERFUL MEMORIES Pay attention to what your memories of deceased loved ones point you to. Recently on my father’s birthday I was filled with memories of him. Although…
Read moreWake Up Call! – You Make a Difference
YOU MAKE A DIFFERENCE You make a difference in the world with your every word, act, hope and intention. The news from many parts of the world, with one…
Read moreWake Up Call! – Savor Life Today!
SAVOR LIFE TODAY! Savor life’s simplest moments and enter into the grandeur of their beauty. I was sitting on my deck in the fading afternoon sunlight reviewing some work…
Read moreWake Up Call! – Vulnerable & Intimate
VULNERABLE & INTIMATE Intimacy reflects your willingness to be vulnerable. We were two men talking about men needing to stop gender based violence. We’d only ever spoken on the…
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