A New Day is Dawning

It’s January 20, 2009 and as I sit at my desk in this early morning, pre-dawn hour, I can’t help but be excited.  I feel a sense of possibility and hope, like everything’s going to be all right now.  No, I do not see Barack as the miracle worker, but...

Here's a Thought

For the longest time I have envied my grandparent’s generation for the 100 year period they lived through.  Their generation experienced the greatest technological advances of all human history.  Their generation went from horse drawn carriages to space travel;...

Thank Goodness for Failure

After getting beaten over the head, time and again these past few weeks with the theme of “failure,” both my own and others, I decided it was time to take a stand.  So here is the stand I have chosen to take: Failure: What a Blessing!!! How sad a state of...

Seven Empowering Virtues

Confucius said “Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it.” That’s generally because people spend so much time looking at what needs to be fixed instead of what is already great. Baseball analyst Bill James said it great: “If you can’t learn to do something...