Category: Decision making
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Being Patient
One way to use the word patient is in the sense of being willing to wait, being measured and calm in your approach and your timing. Another way, of course, is in the medical sense, as when you are receiving care and your identity, and your role, is one of patient. And while patient is…
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Facing It
Conversations about change have been a persistent theme this week, talking about organizational change, professional change and personal change. And the topic has been the source of both thought and retrospection for me. I have often said that I like change and that is an absolute truth in my professional life. Oh, I am no…
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Why Not?
It seems to me, sometimes, that the most important phrase we can hold onto is simply “why not?” It rings true in my life all the time, professionally as well as personally. Now, let me say right off the bat, that “why not” has limits, even for me. There is no “why not” with respect…
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New Heights
One of the incontrovertible facts I know about myself is that my emotional courage is greater than my physical courage. I can think of many examples of this, including a story I have often told. Not that many years ago, we took a trip to Sea World to fulfill one of my husband’s lifelong dreams,…
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Holding It Close
I have often thought the course of our lives is determined by loss. I know that this recognition of pain and acknowledgement of the impact of grief is a reflection of my own life experiences, far too much loss and far too young. I do believe that we have a choice as to how we…
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Working It Out
No matter who you are or what you do, life hands you challenges on a regular basis. We face situations that we cannot imagine will have a solution. We look at options that all seem laced with despair. We walk around with our stomachs in knots, unable to sleep, thoughts swirling around the problem that…
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Roots
I recently had the opportunity to meet someone who has given up his possessions and his home in order to teach, and inspire, others all over the word. He smiles when he calls himself “itinerant” and talks freely about the moment he found his calling and rid himself of the life he had previously worked…
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Precious Gifts
I would be the first to admit that I have no artistic ability. Oh, I know what I like and I have strong opinions about how I think that things should look but when it comes to creating beautiful objects or art, that is well beyond me. The closest I come to a creative pursuit…
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Moments
I remember, as a child, coming to the realization that a moment would never happen again, that each experience in life was unique and non-repeatable. I am sure that followed the first losses I experienced, of my uncle and then my aunt about six months apart, when I was 10. My father was devastated at…
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You and Me
When my brother was alive, there were more than a few times that I called him and said, with great agitation, “Oh my God, I think I am turning into Dad!” This was no compliment to our father, believe me. It was me seeing Dad’s over-anxious, over-worrying, high strung qualities in both my thoughts and…
With a Full Heart 