Note: This post runs longer than normal. It’s about a ten-minute read. ———————————————————— My father made a practice of committing meaningful quotes to memory. He referred to these as his mental treasure chest. The practice rubbed off on me. For years, I’ve saved meaningful quotes. In retrospect, the quotes I selected often follow a theme …
Holiday Juxtapositions
Note: It's still not too late to purchase my book as a gift for that hard to buy for person. You can use the link at the bottom of this post! ------------------------------------------------------------- Juxtaposition is a crazy word; at least, I’ve always thought so. It means to place two or more things side by side, often …
Connections
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The Meaning of Thanksgiving
Note: This week’s post is going out early as a special message for Thanksgiving. ——————————— Amidst turkey, dressing, football, and Black Friday specials, I’m reflecting today on the meaning of Thanksgiving. Gathering around the table, there is much to be thankful for, including abundandt food, the company of loved ones, freedom, and our country’s relative …
On Children
This week, we welcomed a new granddaughter, Arlo Jeanne Poster, into our family. Baby and mom are healthy. We are thrilled! As I held Arlo in my arms, she stretched, yawned, and gazed back at me with unfocused eyes. The future belongs to this helpless new being. That gives me hope! Perhaps she arrived just …
The Secret Within
Note: This post runs longer than normal. It’s about a ten-minute read. ————————————————————— In the mid-1980s, I attended an executive retreat featuring best-selling self-help author Richard Lieder. The theme of the meeting was the power of purpose. I was intrigued. I never put much thought into my life purpose. I was too busy. During a …
Beyond Disagreement and Conflict
Before retirement, I worked for a large company. The company had an exceptional track record for growing sales, earnings, and investor returns while providing attractive salaries and benefits to employees. Results were achieved by relying on expertise from specialized functions like marketing, sales, finance, and supply chain. At a “macro” level, we all benefited from …
No Regrets
Consolations, by the poet David Whyte, is one of the most deeply evocative books I’ve read. In it, Whyte riffs on 52 common words in a most uncommon manner. I keep the book on a side table next to my writing chair. Occasionally, I open it to a random page and read what Whyte’s keen …
The Predicament of Our Shared Humanity
Like many worldwide, I watched this week in horror as video and pictures of the Hamas attack and Israeli retaliations streamed on my devices. I don’t understand violence. No conflict can be fully understood from a distance. Beyond geopolitics, beyond rights and transgressions, beyond tactical details, I saw bleeding little children. What if that bleeding …
Be Stronger Than You Need To Be
I have a confession to make. I have spidey sense. For those not hip to the Marvel franchise, spidey sense is one of Spiderman’s superpowers. It starts as a tingling in the back of his head, giving him the power to sense and react to danger before it happens. After numerous coincidental occurrences, I realized …
Towards A Life Well-Lived 