Happy Thanksgiving: Grateful or Grouchy?

Happy Thanksgiving: Grateful or Grouchy?

Grateful or grouchy. We have a choice every day of the year—and not just at Thanksgiving—to be grateful or grouchy. The other day on a hospital pet therapy visit with my collie, Maisie, I met with a patient who was beyond grouchy. Granted, being in pain and confined...
First Jobs’ Grit and Gratitude

First Jobs’ Grit and Gratitude

What was your first job? You know, that initial labor you invested in exchange for real money. Babysitting? Waiting tables? Flipping fast-food burgers? Recently, Parade magazine ran a cover story on first jobs for the rich and famous. Jennifer Aniston cut hair for $10...
Keep Calm. Step Up.

Keep Calm. Step Up.

Her glazed and dazed look still startles me. Keep calm. Step up. Her darting eyes cast a more gripping fear than catching the novel coronvirus. The elderly woman scanning the empty shelves at Walmart the other night reminds me of me in another twenty-five years. Oh,...

Leaving a Little Extra

In our world that spins on efficiency and often a grab-all-you-can-while-you-can mindset, I offer a different perspective. What if we practiced an ancient lesson on leaving a little extra that might help us loosen our hold on what we think is rightfully ours? Our...