His hand was wrapped around the cane, shoulders bent over covered by a crisp white shirt and pants a little to high around his waist – somewhere in his 80s I’d guess. I have the softest spot for well-lived people.
I think it stems from taking care of my beloved parents as they aged into their [...]
Old and Ornery
Thinking Thankful
The two day high level meeting I’ve just left (though dinner is still to come – yum) was exhilarating and chock full of great ideas – it was also filled with a group of successful professionals who view things differently than the norm.
Here’s what I mean – we were given a book – a book [...]
Happy Even When It Hurts
This morning I was going through my email and a lovely wonderful woman, Claire DeJesus from Las Vegas, sent along the following email (author unknown). I’m including it here because it was valuable to me today. It would be valuable any day but on a day when you are pondering your life, [...]
Thank the weather, whether you’re thankful or not
The rain came today – after several days of fabulous sunshine looking out the window at drizzle can be a bit of a downer – or not. How I feel about the weather is completely up to me, isn’t it?
In a fragmented society where everyone is having so many different experiences the one thing [...]
Thankful and Careful
Talent is God-given and we should be thankful.
Conceit is Self-given and we should be careful.
I stumbled upon these two sentences in something I’d written down. I didn’t attribute it to anyone nor did I date the paper I wrote it on, so thank you to whomever said it first! I am getting better [...]
The Blessing of Variety
Getting to work with business professionals is such a blessing, and challenge – the way we think, the way we do business, communication and service is as varied as the way we live. I am thankful for all the varied businesses I have the opportunity to work with, mostly for the way it makes [...]
The On/Off Switch
What we put in your minds affects our hearts, health and attitude. This has been documented, discussed and written about for centuries. What has been less written about is how to alter what we put in our minds. This morning I turned on the radio to a non music station – this was a mistake.
The [...]
Beauty Even with Beasts
The beauty of the sky this evening is difficult to describe – a bit of pink interspersed with the blue and the clouds giving it a tinge of special – it actually feels beautiful you know? It feels like life, wonderful, simple life.
I’m focusing on the sky this evening because it is there to see [...]
Hard to Take Thanks
George came to the house with my husband, a tall happy man who hugged me for hello – you gotta love that!
Great conversation followed and I mentioned that I was now doing this blog on THANK and Grow Rich – lately I’ve been just sorta setting it out there and paying attention to people’s reactions [...]
There is no “I” in THANK!
The great thing about being thankful, praiseful, grateful – is not only the way it makes you feel – doing good produces good feelings – but how great it makes others feel. This is where the real results come in.
I was reading a recent article in the local Business Journal by a fellow National Speaker [...]
