A Father’s Light

  At the top of my list is my dad. Recently I participated in a webinar on the science of effective coaching.  The instructor, Dr. Richard Boyatzis, is a leader in the fields of Social and Organizational Psychology.  In all his wisdom, he started the class with a simple question.  He asked us to think over our lives and our careers and consider who were the people who helped us the most in our development.  For me, there were quite a few family members, supervisors, and teachers.  But number one was my dad. Dr. Boyatzis then asked us to recall…

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Turtle Lessons

This week I came upon not one, but two turtles.  I had noted along the way that a new bridge had been built across the creek.  In seeing this, I knew immediately that this was the problem.  Their habitat had been altered, and they were displaced. I began imagining the difference I would make in their lives if I could just get them back home and safe again.  I was especially concerned about the second turtle.  He seemed to be struggling to extract himself from a deep hole.  But wait.  Something was wrong. The longer I watched him, the more…

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Easter is Hope’s Reminder

I still haven’t finished the book.  It was literally years ago when I started reading Judith Tebbutt’s, “A Long Walk Home: One Woman’s Story of Kidnap, Hostage, Loss – And Survival”.  I just stopped reading it one day, partly because I had assumed I knew how it would end.  It is a true story about the author being captured by Somali pirates.  She shares her ordeal and her survival.  I convinced myself that I knew all I needed to know – she is captured, she survives, and she is home, the end.  But somehow this Easter has inspired me back…

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