Hope and Renewal (page 28)

Reopening the pandemic

That’s what we’ve done, y’know. The people we trust to lead us are letting us down with their agenda of impatience. Too many people are buying into it, and the results are more visible each day. Just like flames in the distance, growing closer. PLEASE take care. Pay it...

Hold on to yourself

…and those around you as the winds continue to swirl. It offers a valuable certainty at a time when so much is up for grabs. When we keep a grip on what’s important, the rest will take care of itself. Pay it forward and pass it on. It all comes back to basics

If I cannot do great things…

We can’t tire now I can do small things in a great way. Of course, Martin Luther King, Jr. did both after saying this. Our times call on us to be as great as our challenges, especially when the people we trust to lead the way often don’t. Paying attention to (and...

A new beginning, or more of the same?

Chaos or community? That pretty much defines our fork in the road as our challenges deepen. Too many people already had more than they could handle before the pandemic. Now that more of us are weighed down, do the same damaging rules apply? Or do we move beyond...

Any fool can know

Together, we will find our way The point is to understand (courtesy of Albert Einstein). We know all about COVID and the added harm from what’s been going on. Fear and anger are a damaging duo for sure. They’re both legitimate, but we can’t let either one…or...

When someone is hurting…

Dare to help them heal. Steve Maraboli said that. Never heard of him, but he’s a pretty profound guy. There are a million ways to heal, and they all flow from the same spring: KINDNESS. Caring for others is an agenda without an agenda. It’s an end unto itself. Thanks...

Let’s rally for kindness

Protesting the evil in Minneapolis is certainly justified, but not when it turns into a different form of the same disease. Nobody wins when violence hijacks the message we need to send. Let’s also send it through our ACTIONS. Everyone knows that they speak loudest of...