Friends, What Holds Value

When you look back at your friends, what holds value?  Compassion and kindness? A kind gesture when you needed it, such as a shoulder to cry on?  Celebrations? Perhaps your friend invited you to share a feast, great company, and lots of hugs.  What do you value in...

What Joy Can You Do in 5 Minutes?

How much joy is in your life? Do you have minutes, hours, days of joy? What joy can you do in five minutes? Please take a moment and ask yourself if something is missing … maybe joy. When I realized it, it was a day like any other. Something was missing. I...

Inspired by a Ferret

Have you ever been inspired by a person? How about inspired by a ferret? May I share some inspiration on courtesies I got from a ferret? People frequently feel frustrated by anger, crime, war, and the lack of respect for individuals. I’ve felt saddened as I...

Drawing on Courage

You may have experienced one of my character sketches in a cafe. If you have, then we have met and I may have explained how I am learning how to draw better by my sketching in cafes. I may have also shared how drawing in public places, doing something I’m almost...

What is Gender Intelligence?

How can genders connect better? Attending to our needs as a woman or a man in business is an interesting story.  It gets complicated when we work together, and yet come from different perspectives. How do you operate in your framework as a man or a woman in business?...

Wishes Fulfilled by Scholarship

What do you think “scholarship” means. The word scholarship can mean “academic study” or learning of a high level or it can be a “grant” awarded on the basis of achievement in life or school. Opportunity is the meaning that comes to...