Category: Self care
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Finding the Joy
There is a quote that resonates with me deeply. It’s from Rabindranath Tagore, a Bengali philosopher, composer, social reformer and painter who lived from 1861 until 1941. The words “I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy” so spoke to…
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Why Not?
There is something in the expression “Only you” that puzzles me. I’ve heard it said about my organization in the context of “You are the only ones who would do this,” and I’ve often heard it personally, sometimes accompanied by a rueful shake of the head. My response, in both circumstances, is a variation on…
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Rabbit Holes
Maybe, like me, you think that, at a certain point in your life, you know yourself pretty well. I am aware of my strengths and my challenges and, if you asked me, I could definitely give you a list of each. Needless to say, the faults and flaws are a longer list, which I suspect…
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Tightly Wound
I was born to be a worrier. Seriously. I am quite certain that it’s in my DNA, part of the legacy my father gave me. He was a world class worrier, Olympic gold medalist level. He would worry if we were a minute late getting home from school. He would worry about every cough and…
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My Kryptonite
Days ago one of the staff in our organization lost her sister after a long and valiant fight against cancer. I went to the visitation and looked at a roomful of mourners, at a woman too young to be in a casket, at photos on screens and displays, all showing someone full of life and…
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Vulnerability
As a leader, as a friend, as a partner, a parent, a colleague, we build relationships. I often say, and fully mean the words, that life is all about relationships. It is how we accomplish things, how we solve problems, how we enrich our life experiences, how we perceive, and appreciate, the world around us.…
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A Way Back
So many difficult moments this week with others that loom in the nearly immediate future, making it hard to shake them from your thoughts. The tragic anniversary of 9/11 prompted so many reflections about where we each were on that day, the way we felt, the impact on our world. A political assassination that, regardless…
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Thoughtfulness
I am not sure how it happened but am grateful all the same. For what you ask? For living my life with a man who is the most thoughtful person I have ever known. Now, I would describe myself as a person who likes to make others happy, I like remembering birthdays and special occasions.…
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Rescues
Over the course of the last 30 plus years, we’ve never had a household without a dog or dogs. Growing up, when we asked for pets, we got a definite and vehement “NO” from our dad. One year, he relented and we had a brief and unsuccessful experiment with goldfish. Turned out none of us…
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Enduring
One of the things I believe fully is that life is all about relationships. They are at the core of our quality of life and the richness of our experience. They are also at the core of our ability to achieve in our professional lives. Whether you believe it or not, existing in isolation, succeeding…
With a Full Heart 