I love music, and I always have. It makes my body move and my spirit soar. I have many favorite songs and passages, and I can listen to them repeatedly — thrilling to the skill and nuance of the performers. My brain plays songs I’ve heard, like a tape recorder in my head. But sometimes… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Inspirational
10 ways to guarantee grumpiness
Make a big deal of everything. Sure, we all have things we really care about, but what do we gain by insisting it’s our way or it’s no way? Stress. It’s amazing how the tension evaporates from our shoulders when someone says, “I’m fine with that”, or “That could work.” Have the wrong pet, or… Continue Reading
Going through life on an angle
One of my favorite people is a friend who challenges himself in many fun and interesting ways. Whether it is acting on the local stage, shooting video, or leaning into the wind on a motorcycle or sailboat, this is a person who participates in life. He is also a very caring person, and works as… Continue Reading
Rings around the rosey
Every child fortunate enough to learn about our solar system has been amazed by the rings of Saturn. Dusty rings encircling a planet is a strangeness exactly out of this world — very alien, and very isolated. Recent photographs of Saturn and its rings were taken by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, and published by The Smithsonian… Continue Reading
Being the gears instead of giving them
We all know what it is like to be part of our society: lots of things on the go, and ever-more things to buy. Threaded through most of the things we do are the people in our lives — our family, friends, work mates, service people and those driving by us. As a former computer… Continue Reading
Celebrating endless love
Today we celebrated the truly endless love of family and friendships — the love that each of us can be part of. I had the honor of helping to celebrate the life of my daughter-in-law’s grandfather. Bruce lived to be 91, and he and Ida had been married for 70 years. That is a long… Continue Reading
Willow Creek Leadership Summit a growing success
Unlike conferences that focus on making money, the Willow Creek Leadership Summit focuses on inspiring and empowering leaders. Although run by a church, the Summit is widely attended by business people and community leaders who have heard about the amazing speakers and understand the great value this conference provides. The 17 Summit speakers represented a… Continue Reading
Let’s get going!
Sometimes what gets done is not what really needs to be done. I always have lots of things on the go, and even more jumping off my desk. It is time to focus on the creative, vital and inspiring projects that have waited earnestly as too many moons have spun past. I am putting myself… Continue Reading