Saturday Mornings

We cannot be more sensitive to pleasure without being more sensitive to pain . -- Alan Watts

When I go on walks, I almost always take my phone with me now. Not because I have so many people to talk to, but so that I can talk to mysel...

Instagram:  drop-the-stones To the degree to which a person can grow is directly proportionate to the amount of truth they can accept ab...

Ever noticed ...tha t the most spiritually healthy people are also among the most humble ?

God is the presence that spares us from nothing, even as God unexplainably sustains us in all things. God depends on us to protect ourselves...

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As a society, we seem to be less and less capable of recognizing that good and bad are invariably mixed together — which obviously leads to ...

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People are very open-minded about new things — as long as they're exactly like the old ones. -- Charles Kettering

Another lingering reflection , on a recent Ever Noticed... : Ever noticed …that most children in healthy environments are often sponges for ...

Rank does not confer privilege or give power . It imposes responsibility. -- Peter Drucker

I'm wondering ...when did enjoyment become our highest standard?  Somewhere along the way, of course. But, at some point, if we don...

Jesus was not killed by atheism and anarchy.  He was brought down by law and order allied with religion , which is always a deadly mix.  Be...

Whether it’s the slavery of the past or the Wall Street of today, distance from the impacts seems to perpetuate the worst problems. Being h...

  On the Lighter Side :

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. -- Winston Churchill

Ever noticed …that there appears to be more people, that society considers on the margins, out and about...walking greenways or trails or do...

The groundwork of all happiness is health. -- Leigh Hunt

I've noticed ...that when I am keeping track of others, I'm not doing well. ...like when it’s easier for me to find inconsistencies ...

This is how I've come to understand hope .  It arrives when we realize that nothing taken from us can defeat us.  When we discover that...

Solutions that are comprised of high proportions of fear and power are usually more destructive than anything else.   Where spirituality ...

It shows considerable  wisdom  to know what you want in life. -- P.D. James

Another lingering reflection , on a recent 3 Observations & A Question…. : There are so many things that we do to ourselves that just ar...

"I need to have an uncomfortable conversation with you.  I am afraid of having it, because...." -- Simon Sinek

Ever noticed …that most children in healthy environments are often sponges for everything that is going on around them?

We each carry a certain amount of pain from our very birth. If that pain is not healed and transformed, it actually increases as we grow o...

Exclusion operates by the same rule of mutuality as welcome, for it harms both the excluded and the excluder. -- Cole Arthur Riley If we ...

' Poem  for the week' -- "Your Game": You talk like this is the only game in town You act like this is the only game in t...

The great gift of human beings  is that we have the power of empathy . -- Meryl Streep

Another lingering reflection , on a recent I'm wondering… : What comes to mind when we hear the term ‘creature’? Maybe our minds most i...

Business leaders often find themselves deeply invested in their organization’s success and growth, focusing on strategic planning, decision...

I'm wondering ... what comes to mind when we hear the term ‘creature’?

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There are so many things that we do to ourselves that just aren’t... helpful .  We eat (and drink) way more than we need to — which kind of ...

He began the GOP’s weekly leadership briefing by saying lawmakers were on a path to finishing a major defense budget bill this week. “We’ve ...

There is no successful high performance without well-being . There is no such thing as constant stability, or complete control; both notions...

Don't move the way fear makes you move. -- Rumi

Ever heard someone say, "I just don’t see it…." The intention often seems to imply that a claim of truth being made isn't rea...

The path to wisdom is paved with humility . -- Tim Fargo An observation which seems to be quite applicable in both business and life.

I've noticed ...I'm better (more comfortable) in settings of dialog than in settings of monolog. ...helpful for me to keep in mind, ...

Physicist Neil de Grasse Tyson reminds us that our solidarity is not a choice, it’s a reality . He says we’re all connected to each other bi...

Love drops reciprocity — especially over time. Judging people is just too easy — it doesn’t require very much at all (of us). Fault-finde...

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' Poem for the week' -- "The Music of Beauty": To me thy lips are mute, but when I gaze Upon thee in thy perfect loveline...

  Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet. -- Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Many problems are not resolved simply due to lack of proximity.  We often just can’t care as much...from a distance. We have a car wash in o...

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts. -- Bert...

Ever noticed ...that, in general, people who don't live in proximity to others tend to push a more hard-line ideology about how others ...

Instagram:  bobgoff God is never as nervous about our future, or as concerned about our past, as we are. -- Bob Goff I'm not sure how...