Are You Really Sacrificing?

The world is changed by your deeds, not by your opinion. – Paul Coelho I had the opportunity to attend a fundraiser today to benefit aging veterans as part of an organization called “Honor Flight.” Honor Flight’s funds allow the organization to take veterans to...

MARCH MADNESS?

The journey between what you once were who you are now becoming is where the dance of life really takes place.            Barbara DeAngelis For sports fans, March means more than the coming of Spring. It means basketball, be it at a prep or college level. School...

THE BEST GIFT EVER!

This is not a letter but my arms about you for a brief moment. Katherine Mansfield Holidays are over. Decorations stored away. Resolutions made. We find ourselves at the start of the New Year returning to a predictable routine. Take a moment and reflect on the...

MISSED OPPORTUNITIES

“It is not what you look at that matters. It is what you see.” Thoreau As I observe the events of the day, I’m reminded of the old parable describing several blind men from India who encounter an elephant. So the story goes, each man experienced a...

A TRIAD OF UNFINISHED BUSINESS

A man should not leave this earth with unfinished business.  He should live each day as if it were a pre-flight check.  He should ask each morning, “Am I prepared to lift off?” Frolov Prudence demands, irrespective of our age and stage in life, that we engage in some...

WHAT IS SYZYGY?

“It is more rewarding to resolve a conflict than to dissolve a relationship.”  – Josh McDowell In the process of teaching our graduate course in counseling theory, I re-encountered a term from Carl Gustav Jung.  The word is “sygyzy,” and it has applications to...