Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing. Rollo May Yesterday was my (Tom’s) sixth wedding anniversary. My wife had to work and we barely saw one another all day. By the time she got home from a hard day at the hospital, she was dead tired. I had had…
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A Dream Deferred What happens to a dream deferred?Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore– And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over– like a syrupy sweet?Maybe it just sags like a heavy load.Or does it explode? Langston HughesLife has…
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Mentor: Someone whose hindsight can become your foresight. Unknown When I (Tom) was in college, between my sophomore and junior years, I took an internship at a large public relations firm on Wall Street. For a few weeks I worked in what felt to me like a very toxic environment. With each passing day…
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Hindsight is always 20/20. Billy Wilder We have all heard that old adage – “hindsight is always 20/20”. The older we get and the more experience we gain the more we see how truthful that adage is. With age, we hope, comes maturity and with experience, we hope, comes greater wisdom. We’ve all had moments in…
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If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other. Mother Teresa Every time we get together we start by sharing-about what we did the night before-sharing the frustrations or challenges we may have encountered, sharing about the things for which we are grateful, sharing about the conversations…
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Tuesday turned out to be an extremely special day for us – with two watershed encounters of inspiration, affirmation and joy. We were on a work-related retreat together.in Ocean Grove, New Jersey, and these two experiences still leave us filled with gratitude, awe, excitement and promise. As we continue to grow our non-profit, we need these watershed moments. We…
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“You’ll seldom experience regret for anything that you’ve done. It is what you haven’t done that will torment you. The message, therefore, is clear. Do it! Develop an appreciation for the present moment. Seize every second of your life and savor it. Value your present moments. Using them up in any self-defeating ways means you’ve…
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We live in a critical world. It is easy to be negative and to find fault and to see all that’s wrong with the world. And if we look for the bad we will always find it. But is that a good way to live? Instead, we can change our attitudes, be more positive,…
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Humor is reason gone mad.~Groucho Marx Humor is one of our greatest gifts. In tense and trying situations there is nothing that can diffuse our distress than a good joke or belly laugh. Well placed humor can dramatically change the dynamic of a perspective and our feelings about a difficult circumstance. It can clear the…
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