Featured Blog Posts – November 2010 Archive (5)

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The holidays are almost here. This year has gone by in a whirlwind. As I journal each day, I have been amazed at how quickly the numbers I write at the top of the page have changed. How could it be the end of November so quickly?

The truth is, with two teenage daughters, a reorganized…

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Each day we awake to a world in which health, good fortune, justice, well-being and community exist side-by-side with illness, suffering, injustice, despair and isolation. While most of us will experience to

greater or lesser degree the whole panorama of life’s up’s and down’s, I

know that there are far too many people who know only illness,

suffering, injustice, despair and isolation. From my desk in Florida, I

need look no…

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Thanksgiving is a time to reflect on the abundance in our lives – a time for gratitude. Yet, when people count their blessings, they tend to generalize – such as being grateful for a spouse or loved one, but not taking the time to reflect on all the specific reasons. This week, take the time to make a list of all of the things in your relationship for which you are grateful. Consider all the tangible and intangible gifts your relationship has brought into your life – from the little gestures,… Continue

Many women have their own concept of what defines a "real man". I believe that men also have their own idea of who the real men are as well. What is a real man to you? Who are the real men in your life? And where do you find these men? How often do you run into someone who fits your conception of a real man?

To me a real man knows who he is, does not need to prove anything yet strives to do his best, has a commitment to operating from integrity, maintains ethics, is not afraid to show or… Continue