Everyone you meet is a potential teacher

As I was paddling around at the foot of Angel Falls this morning,  (I confessed on Facebook that when I’m swimming laps, I imagine I’m in South America but don’t tell anyone,) I was concentrating on my stroke.  Keep your head low….watch your stroke….
And I remembered Scott.  Scott was a tri-athlete that used to work [...]

Do hens go to egg laying school?

Yep, I know silly question.  Such is my brain to ponder random questions.  Of course hens don’t have to learn how to lay eggs….they’re hens!  The doing arises from their being.
Same for our kids.  We spend so much time insisting that they DO things before we’ve evaluated WHO is my child?  But yet in our [...]

Starry, starry night

I have my sister to thank for making me aware of this wonderful, bittersweet video.  Van Gogh is one of my favorite artists.  (Perhaps in part because I married into a family with a Dutch last name?)  Nah, not really.
To me Van Gogh is a man who came fully alive and did what he was [...]

Abilities BECAUSE of the Disabilities

If you missed the Hallmark movie, “Front of the Class” last night on CBS…you simply must get the DVD. Hallmark movies are usually a home run as far as family friendly, inspirational stories and this movie was no exception. Perhaps it even surpassed those standards. (But I admit my bias since the subject is something [...]

The Box business

My friend Dan Miller wrote a brilliant piece today entitled “Serving Customers or Making Cars?”  In it he talks about how many businesses are more focused on creating demand for their products instead of truly listening to the customers’ needs.  IE…the American auto industry that continues to pump out cars with a 5-year life span [...]