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Quote: No despair of ours…

October 15, 2019

"No despair of ours [more] can alter the reality of things or stain the joy of the cosmic dance which is always there." By Thomas Merton
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Quote: Look to this day

October 15, 2019

"Look to this day: [more]    For it is life, the very life of life.    In its brief course    Lie all the verities and realities of your existence....
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Quote: Karma of Love

October 15, 2019

By JJ Dewey [more] "When the initiating cause is love in the direction of another human being, we then have the effect (karma) of love coming back to us from...
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Quote: If wishes were…

October 15, 2019

"If wishes were [more] horses then beggars would ride, on clouds of white stallions with bright fiery eyes, chasing dreams of tomorrow into yesterday's skies." Written by Mason Williams
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Quote: Happiness is…

October 15, 2019

"Happiness is [more] neither the virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth. We are happy when we are growing." Written by William Butler Yeats
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Quote: Being Safe Places for Others

October 15, 2019

"Being Safe Places for Others" by Henri J. M. Nouwen [more] "When we are free from the need to judge or condemn, we can become safe places for people to...
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Quote: An excerpt from the poem “Desideratta”

October 15, 2019

An excerpt from the poem "Desideratta" by Max Ehrmann [more] "With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy."
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“Uncle John’s Band”

“Uncle John’s Band”

By Grateful Dead

October 15, 2019

Editor’s Note: I never “got” the Grateful Dead as so many of my friends did. But since the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is opening a new exhibit to...
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October Quote: Helen Keller

October 15, 2019

"I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to...
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The Warmth of Other Suns

The Warmth of Other Suns

By Isabel Wilkerson

October 15, 2019

by Isabel Wilkerson Book Link Editor’s Note: Wilkerson is a first time book writer but a Pulitzer Prize winning feature writer for the New York Times. This epic non-fiction work...
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October Article: The Geography of Poverty

October 15, 2019

Editor’s Note: This article’s surprise for me is that most of the world’s poorest people don’t live in the poorest countries. Does this mean sending aid to autocrats that never...
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“One Love”

“One Love”

By Bob Marley & The Wailers

October 15, 2019

Editor’s Note: The Rastafarian thing always threw me off (religion in which Hailee Salasee was considered the Almighty) but I’ve enjoyed a number of Marley’s pieces, particularly this and Redemption...
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November Quote of the Month: Jessye Norman

By November Jessye Norman

October 15, 2019

“One has to find a balance between what people need from you and what you need for yourself”  -Jessye Norman
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Newsletter: Will We Learn?

October 15, 2019

Risk and reward is the basis of all successful financial systems so the US government must not intervene in such a way as to put that system out of balance. ...
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Newsletter: Who Should Change First?

October 15, 2019

Great organizations and great lives are built by great people – people who are willing to grown and change.  Those who treat their employees how they wish to be treated...
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Newsletter: T’was Ever Thus

October 15, 2019

Little good comes from panic, though through the hardest of times we are challenged to remain patient.  One way to do this is to remember that the more things change,...
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Newsletter – “May I Die Now?” by Tim McCarthy

October 15, 2019

I’m one of those guys who would like to go to heaven but I’m not willing to die to get there. So reading Atul Gawande’s “Being Mortal” was not easy...
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Newsletter: Looking Before Leaping

October 15, 2019

Great organizations depend on great research and all ideas can and should be tested before  being rolled out into the market. [more] My first learning about research was probably from...
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Newsletter: Horrible Holiday?

October 15, 2019

Peace to you this season. [more] It's December 16, 2008, and today is another bad news day for me. The news I'm getting is probably similar to yours. The report...
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Newsletter: “Dear Reader” by Tim McCarthy

October 15, 2019

Your responses to my request in last month’s blog for input on my book are astounding. First of all, there were a lot of them, over 100 to be exact....
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Newsletter: Another Trip of a Lifetime

October 15, 2019

Seeing poverty first-hand changes one’s point of view. [more] Editor's Note: I was pleasantly surprised by the response to my writing about our trip to Kenya last month. So, I...
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