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A Little Kindness Goes A Long Way

Do not wait until some deed of greatness you may do, Do not wait to shed your light afar; To the many duties ever near you now be true, Brighten the corner where you are. —Ina Duley Ogdon This April, I saw a wonderful story related to this year’s Boston Marathon, the...

For Dads on Father’s Day

“My father didn’t tell me how to live. He lived and let me watch him do it.” ―Clarence Budington Kelland “The older I get, the smarter my father seems to get.” —Tim Russert Happy Father’s Day, dads!  Whether you receive ties, BBQ utensils, power tools, or hand-crafted...

The Benefits of Advice

I enjoy reading the various “best of” and “worst of” lists that come out at the end of the year. One variation of that theme that caught my eye last December was a crowdsourced “Best Advice You Received This Year” list. I was fascinated by the variety and (often) the...

What Are We Really?

The following poem, “Zebra Question” by Shel Silverstein, uses humor to raise the age-old question concerning how we understand human nature. I asked the zebra, Are you black with white stripes? Or white with black stripes? And the zebra asked me, Are you good with...