A Gentle and Tender Hand   When we honestly ask ourselves which person … means the most to us, we often find it is those who, instead of giving much advice … , have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a gentle and tender...

    Integrity   Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines. -Satchel Paige    Satchel is really talking about more than prayer. Giving it a positive spin, he’s talking about integrity; giving it a negative one, he’s talking about...

    Honesty with Humor   I’ve had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn’t it.-Groucho Marx    I seem to find myself in many situations in which I question whether or not to actually say what I am thinking, or for some reason–always perceived to...

    Forgiven It is easier to forgive an enemy than a friend. -Dorothée Deluzy    He was a friend. We worked together and had known each other for several years. We would occasionally meet at social and other functions and regularly spent time in...

    The Power of Gratitude Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a...

    Wounded Soldier "Without your wounds where would your power be? The very angels themselves cannot persuade the wretched and blundering children on earth as can one human being broken in the wheels of living. In love’s service, only the wounded soldiers...

    Celebrity   "I'm nobody! Who are you?Are you nobody, too?"-Emily Dickinson    Our country has developed and perhaps perfected the cult of celebrity. The rich and the famous have a powerful influence on almost every aspect of our culture, whether or...

    Doubt and Certainty "The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts." -Bertrand Russell    When it comes to competition or argument, often those who doubt, lose, those...

    Drip Down "A leader leads by example, whether he intends to or not." -American Proverb   Invariably what is important to the person on top, quickly becomes important to the rest of the crowd. I believe this is especially true when dealing with values,...