Shhhh…what if you just listened? To listen well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well. – John Marshall When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen. – Ernest Hemingway So when you are listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only to the words, but also [...]
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Tuesday Tidbit
May 3, 2011Thank you Thursday
March 31, 2011After a five month shroud of gray skies and white snow, it is so good to see the colors of Spring. Even though we had a light blanket of snowfall in Central Ohio yesterday, Spring blooms poking through are still a reason for hopefulness. Temperatures will warm, gardens will flourish, moods will lighten. Today, I [...]
Imagine not noticing a mountain?
January 22, 2011Have you ever been blind to what you can see very clearly? This past week, I spent two days in Utah for business; one day with the happy, positive people in Price followed by a visit with generous and interesting people in Salt Lake City. Unfortunately, I didn’t have time devoted to sightseeing, but what I saw [...]
Commonality of strangers
January 15, 2011Yesterday, I stumbled across another blog titled “Being Fully Present.” The author, Jill, is documenting her way through radiation treatments for breast cancer. Aside from our blog names, a quick look through her posts brought the following commonalities to light: Jill is experiencing many of the same side effects from radiation treatments that my Dad experienced. [...]
New beginnings
December 29, 2010Have you ever wondered why you like the things you like? Is there a common thread that might open a new way of thinking for you? I recently connected the dots between some of my favorite things…watching the sun rise, looking out on freshly fallen snow, the shore as the tide rolls in and out. Each of [...]
Tuesday Tidbit
December 28, 2010As we head into the final days of 2010, here are a few quotes about new years. I’m looking forward to taking the lessons learned in 2010 and using them to help shape a new future. Generally speaking, I’m not a resolution maker, but I do know the future will present new opportunities to be the possibility of peace through a compassionate heart; [...]
Tuesday Tidbit
December 21, 2010Can you use just a bit of calm? This week is often a time of high stress – for some, last minute holiday rush. For others, family visits. Still others, perhaps loneliness. Here at work, higher than normal vacations and last minute customer requests can make things a little more hectic than even we are accustomed [...]
Tuesday Tidbit
December 7, 2010Have you ever noticed that sometimes, help arrives just when you need it and, often, from a most unexpected source? I was struggling with finding just the right tidbit for today. Then, yesterday afternoon, one of my daughter’s friends sent me a list of quotes she gleaned from an Entrepreneur’s Summit she attended a few [...]
Max Lucado’s “Outlive Your Life”
October 29, 2010Note: Thomas Nelson Publishers provided me with a free copy of “Outlive Your Life: You Were made To Make A Difference,” in exchange for agreeing to publish a review on my blog and on one commercial site. However, in no way did they suggest what to write nor did they review or edit my content before [...]
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