Connection
You Matter & Someone Loves You
Sometimes we find ourselves questioning the meaning of life. We wonder what our true purpose is. We ask questions like, why is life so hard, why is there so much suffering, and what am I really here for? Sometimes we even ask the question, why am I alive? I just...
OMG! Grey’s Anatomy Game Changer (Spoiler Alert)
OMG! I didn’t see this coming – not by a long shot. How could Derek be gone? No more McDreamy? No more loving angst between him and Meredith? No more sibling rivalry? No more jockeying for position at the hospital? And just when he and Meredith were getting along so...
52 Lessons from My Father
Today marks 18 years since my father's passing from this earthly plane and I will be spending this day honoring our relationship, our love and the many lessons I learned from him. I am grateful for having shared time with my father during his 52 years on this planet....
Relationships = Life
“The quality of our relationships equals the quality of our life.” - Tony Robbins Have you measured the quality of your relationships lately? On a business level, are the clients or your co-workers happy with the amount of time you spend with them? What about the...
Is Common Sense Really So Common?
In the course of a day, I run across so many things that don’t make sense to me. Yesterday, I got some coffee from a restaurant in a food court. When I proceeded to the area to get some cream and sugar, I found that it was also the order pick-up window. I was...
Releasing Judgment – Is it Possible?
We are bred to make judgments. Early on as kids we are taught the difference between good and bad, right and wrong. This translated to who we should be friends with, what school, sport and instrument is best for us, how to talk to authority figures, what to eat and...
Making Time Out of Thin Air
An emergency comes up out of nowhere and you are “forced” to take time for something or someone that you had not planned. You have decided that the emergency takes precedence over everything else, because the person or thing that emerged is more important to you than...
Get ‘Em From the Get Go
It is within a matter of seconds that a first impression is made - this goes for meeting someone in person as well as reading something in writing. In a matter of seconds our brains form an opinion about the person in front of us. Our mind draws on a lifetime of past...
A September 11th Remembrance
I remember waking up on Sept. 11th ten years ago. I was in Las Vegas for a sign convention with Kathy. I turned on the television to Good Morning America and instead I saw what looked like a disaster zone. We were confused about what we were seeing because the words...
Mirror, Mirror of Myself
We’ve all had times in our life when we meet someone, and we experience dejavu. We could swear we’ve met them before. In an attempt to make the connection, we ask lots of questions to figure out how we might know them. ‘Did you grow up in Texas?’ ‘Where did you go to...
The Power of Making Real Connections – 7 Tips
In our society today, “connections” is a huge buzz word. If you are connected, you are someone who has access to and influence with the “right” people. The “right” people will vary depending on certain situations that arise. At times, we may desire connections in...
We Need Each Other
Scientists have been studying the interaction of human beings for centuries and the conclusion is always the same. We need each other. Physically we have a need for human touch. Infants who are not held and touched in their first months of life either die or become...
Bending Without Breaking
Knowing when to be flexible and when to stay firm is a mainstay of successful and happy people. There are times when it is in your best interest to stick to your guns and not budge an inch. These are times when your integrity, character and basic truth are in play....
A Single Conversation is Worth 23 Emails
Have you had the experience of emailing back and forth, back and forth with someone about a specific topic, and yet, you still did not have definitive next steps or a good sense of what the other party was trying to say to you? Or have you received an email from...
Tapping Into the Universal Brain
Have you ever had an idea and thought “Wow, this is a spectacular idea. Someday, I'm going to produce this and everyone in the world own one”? Then a few months later, you see the product you had envisioned on a late-night infomercial selling for $29 and you think,...
Who’s to Say?
As you tune in to conversations that are going on around you, you will hear lots of people saying things like “That’s not good” or “That’s just plain wrong” or "It shouldn’t be this way”. Phrases like these express sentiments of displeasure, anger,...
That’s Just Crazy Talk
Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you are listening to someone, and this person in front of you is saying something that is virtually unbelievable to you or so outlandish that you don’t really know how to respond. You don’t want to hurt their feelings...
Giving as a Way of Life
We know that giving has a way of making us feel really, really good. This, in and of itself, is a good enough reason to give of yourself, your energy, your time and your stuff to others. As you feel good, more good is drawn unto you. Therefore, focusing your attention...
What’s In It For Me?
The most common question that goes through the mind of the person you are communicating with is, "What’s in it for me?”. Other similar questions tossing around in their head are, “What should I do with this information?”, “How can I assist her?”, and “Why is she...
Take the Scenic Route
In our daily lives we may hold many conversations in the course of a few hours, work our way through a multitude of tasks and often rush from one place to another. As we sit down to recount the days achievements, we often note that we don’t remember much of what...
Are you a Possibility Thinker?
Possibility thinkers are those who dwell in the realm of all that could be. They remove their thoughts from “what is” and decide to focus their vision on what “could be” possible if they would allow themselves to think it. Possibility thinkers are often accused of...
