by admin | Mar 2, 2016 | Blogs
“Regrets, I’ve had a few, But then again, too few to mention . . .” sang Frank Sinatra. Or then again, maybe more than a few! In our culture of late we’ve seen a surge in the YOLO idea—You Only Live Once—and contained within that is to have no regrets. Especially with...
by admin | Feb 24, 2016 | Blogs
We see girls being brave in our world, in huge public ways and smaller ones as well. Who among us isn’t motivated by the incredible courage of Malala Yousafzi? The young Pakistani girl who loved learning, loved school, and became an outspoken opponent of Taliban...
by admin | Feb 17, 2016 | Blogs
Don’t we all want to change the world? At least in some form or fashion. Everybody I know wants to change at least something about this world we live in, if not a lot of somethings. I often joke that if I ran the world it would be a far better place. I am laughing,...
by admin | Feb 10, 2016 | Blogs
We’re all busy, aren’t we? Sometimes it seems life zooms by at the speed of blurry light. Especially this time of year—holidays over, the new year in full bore, all those resolutions and goals begging for attention. Sometimes I’ve felt as if days and weeks and...
by admin | Feb 3, 2016 | Blogs
We think of anger as such a negative emotion. After all, we know the physical repercussions of that “fight” part of the fight-or flight syndrome: Raised blood pressure from the surge of stress hormones, which do all sorts of rotten things to our bodies. So we know...
by admin | Jan 27, 2016 | Blogs
Well, that’s a bit harsh. But doesn’t it sound like something your grandpa would say? I know mine would have. Although he’da said it in his soft sweet voice, which tampers a bit the clanging sound that goes right to the gut. But grandpas tend to have learned a thing...