Taking last week’s post about “Thanks-living” to heart, I have been living in thankfulness for the holiday weekend spent with our family. Our children are grown and married with amazing lives of their own. One lives about thirty minutes from us, but is a busy and successful entrepreur. The other lives in Florida and just brought a whole new kind of joy [...]
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Thank you Thursday
December 1, 2011Thanks-living
November 24, 2011Not only is it Thanksgiving Day, but it is also the day that, for over a year now, I have been writing a weekly “Thank you Thursday” post, expressing gratitude for people or experiences in my life, both ordinary and extraordinary. Many of us will be doing the same thing today; taking a moment between [...]
Tuesday Tidbit
November 22, 2011Excellent tips for appreciative – yet budget-minded – leaders at holiday time and all the time! Courtesy of an email from the good people at www.Baudville.com. Visit their website for more great ideas and great employee appreciation gifts, too! The holidays are an important time of year to express your appreciation for your team and their [...]
Book Review – Stained Glass Hearts
November 21, 2011Stained Glass Hearts, Seeing Life From A Broken Perspective, written by Patsy Clairmont and published by Thomas Nelson, Inc. 2011. At its most basic level, the beauty of a stained glass window comes when light shines from the inside darkness. The dark colors of broken and fragile glass are transformed to glowing richness; beauty radiates. So it is with people. In [...]
Thank you Thursday
November 17, 2011I’ve been really working on practicing gratitude over the last year. When I sit down to write the weekly “Thank you Thursday” post, sometimes it flows easily. Other times, I have to put aside a rough day, or ignore not feeling well, or the myriad of other things that can stand in the way of [...]
Thank you Thursday
November 10, 2011Tomorrow is Veterans Day. The U.S. Veteran’s Administration tells us that November 11 is set aside as, “A celebration to honor America’s veterans for their patriotism, love of country, and willingness to serve and sacrifice for the common good.” Today, I am thankful for the military service of my son and the countless others who have also [...]
Sunday Service – Before giving to veterans’ organizations…
November 6, 2011Who wouldn’t want to help disabled veterans? Wouldn’t it be un-American to say no? That is exactly what many organizations are counting on this week, as we celebrate and honor our military veterans on 11.11.11. Be very careful, though, if your kindness, compassion and patriotism are tapped for a financial donation. There are many legitimate organizations providing great [...]
Thank you Thursday
November 3, 2011Sometimes, I need reminders that thankfulness can be for the most ordinary of things. Last night, I watched a recording of NBC news anchor Brian Williams’ new show, Rock Center. The very first segment was about Williston, North Dakota, a town in the middle of an oil-driven economic boom. Among the success stories, correspondent Harry Smith [...]
Thank you Thursday
October 27, 2011I just started a new adventure, leading an implementation team at work. The good news is that it’s a short deadline, so the crazy stress the team is feeling already has an end in sight. The bad news is that it’s a short deadline, so the crazy stress the team is feeling is that much [...]
Thank you Thursday
October 20, 2011Thank you Thursday was a practice I adapted from an August 2010 post by the same name on the Modern Servant Leader blog, written by Ben Lichtenwalner. I loved the idea of intentional gratitude and the intentional expression of gratitude. What I’ve learned is that thinking about being thankful for the “big” things is easy. Remembering all of the little things [...]
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