Personal Success

I just read an additional tribute that was written about my brother when he died last March.  It was posted in his former company’s newsletter and was focused on the success that my brother had in mentoring others as well as his attributing his personal success to the team with which he had worked.  This [...]

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Forgiveness

This is a tough one if you ask me.  I know that there have been many times when I have forgiven another person for having said or done something when I know that they had no intention to cause the hurt or harm that they did.  After all, no one is perfect and we often [...]

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Respect

Many years ago when I started teaching school, I was troubled by the fact that the many students were misbehaving and doing whatever they wanted both within and outside of the classroom.  Furthermore, whenever the behavior got out of control to the point where the parents were called in, I found that the parents defended [...]

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Honor

Some time ago, I heard a co-worker say that she works with honor.  Now knowing this individual, I knew exactly what she meant and I told her that I was adopting that as my own motto.  It really does represent how I think and what I choose to do.  And when I used this phrase [...]

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Worrying

I have noticed that whenever things get really crazy, there is nothing that I want more than just a little bit of quiet time.  But when I finally get that quiet time, I find myself looking for something to do.  I have taken time to go to a quiet place to meditate on many occasions [...]

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