I’ve spent my entire professional career working with organizations where building community was job #1. How is it that there are times even when we’re in groups that we feel alone? What’s your experience of being part of something bigger than yourself and how can you contribute. Last night I was listening to Leland Kaiser [...]
Archive for April, 2007
How is playing “lone ranger” working for you?
Posted in Uncategorized on April 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Help from Professional Athletes
Posted in Uncategorized on April 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Finally a group of professional athletes who acknowledge and honor their position as role models in the community. A group of prominent professional athletes have started an organization called “Athletes for Hope”. The organization works to get athletes to contribute to community and charitable causes. A few of the atheletes involved in the project are Lance [...]
Help, Hurt or Don’t Know
Posted in Community on April 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Many of us know more about celebrities and politicians health status than we do about our own health status. We’ve lived through Farah Fawcett’s colorectal cancer, we have been privy to countless celebrities experience of breast cancer, we are aware of Tony Snow’s recurrence of what is now metastatic colon cancer. Does it help or [...]
She’s Got Moxie
Posted in Personal Conviction on April 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It is truly amazing that candidates are running for President and the election isn’t for 19 months. What’s even more amazing is that Elizabeth Edwards is facing a different kind of race, one that her life depends on and one that she’s is determined to win. It takes courage for anyone going through treatment for [...]
The Theme of “CHEERS”
Posted in Relationships on April 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
We’ve all seen what happens in the face of anonymity…people strive to be known and sometimes will take that need to far. I think about the television show “Cheers” and the theme song pretty much says it loud and clear “a place to go where everybody knows your name”. Isn’t it great when we go [...]
What’s In A Name
Posted in Anonymity on April 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I believe we all take for granted that we have a name and we use it. In fact how many times as a kid did you want to change your name? What would a you with a different name look like, act like, be like? I think a lot about having a name especially after [...]
Surrender
Posted in Personal Conviction on April 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
When do we say enough is enough? How much energy are we willing to expend on a particular belief? What are we willing to work on with all our might to create change? It’s obviously a sad day as the country deals with the catastrophe at Virginia Tech University. The death of 33 people is [...]
Wishing for Anonymity
Posted in Anonymity on April 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
For most of the country the issue of the Duke University Lacrosse players accused of raping an exotic dancer has come to a close. The North Carolina Attorney General cleared the three men of all charges. There is resolution and that’s what we seem to love, the ability to have a story that concludes with [...]
Standing Out in a Crowd
Posted in Personal Conviction on April 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
What a surprise, I was listening to NPR when I heard an interview with Colin Beavan who has taken a stand regarding the environment. For the year 2007 he has gone green, but I’m not just talking being conscious, I’m talking reorchestrating his whole life to support his ideas. To give you an example, he [...]
How Hungry Are We For Attention?
Posted in Anonymity on April 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I admit that I’ve been a fan of American Idol since season 2. I’m amazed at how the auditioning process has grown and the number of people who believe they have talent. As season 6 progresses and the controversy continues about one of the final twelve I reflect back to the weeks when they showed [...]
