A friend of mine found this story on a piece of western art. The lesson is so powerful that I felt compelled to share it with you: “One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people. He said, ‘My son, the battle is between two ‘wolves’ inside us…
McKinley Corbley recently posted a heart-warming story on the Good News Network. Five years ago, Tiffany Hall was caught in a cycle of drug abuse and addiction. Today, she is about to become a college graduate and credits her success to the kindness of the police officer who arrested her. According to the article, “Hall…
Recently, I came across the following quote from Mahatma Gandhi: “The simplest acts of kindness are far more powerful than a thousand heads bowed in prayer.” Our acts of kindness can impact other people in a number of ways – sometimes they brighten their day, sometimes they make their day and sometimes they can even…
I received a number of insightful comments from subscribers regarding last week’s Reminder about the retired elementary school principal who felt that since she no longer held a position of status, she was no longer relevant. These comments are so good that I feel compelled to share them with you: “Your writing really opened my…
This past week, as I was exiting a supermarket, I ran into someone that I hadn’t seen in quite a while. She was a former elementary school principal and had been retired for several years. We talked for a few minutes about our kids and then she asked me if I was still writing and…
Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “Be Silly. Be Honest. Be Kind.” These three short sentences form the foundation for a happy and meaningful life. Be Silly tells us to relax and let our fun side take over occasionally. We need to give ourselves permission to do things like walk in the rain, splash in the…
Some people choose to float through life–sitting back and watching the world go by while passing on opportunities and challenges that require any risk or effort. I had one such person share her strategy with me for dealing life’s difficult or unpleasant challenges and tasks. She said, “If you wait long enough, someone will come…
I attended a party recently where someone said to me, “People don’t change much as they age unless they continue to grow.” In other words, when we stop growing, we become boring. This thought intrigued me, so I did some checking and found there is a great deal of truth associated with it. As, singer,…
Recently, my horoscope read: “You are never too young, too old or too broke to make a difference in someone’s life.” I think this should be expanded to include: too busy, too tired, too important or too shy. Making a difference is what all of us were put on this earth to do–it’s the very…
Janice Kaplan and Barnaby Marsh wrote an article about their new book, How Luck Happens, which recently appeared in The Wall Street Journal. According to the article, two of the key traits of successful people are persistence and optimism—to keep trying again and again, knowing that sooner or later one of those tries is going to succeed.…