02/07/202302/07/2023Contribution, Creativity, Giving, Happiness, Inspiration, Joy, Uniqueness Share Your Unique Talents and Creations with Others Over the years, I have participated in numerous art shows and festivals (including the one in the accompanying picture). I have always […]
09/08/202209/08/2022Abundant Living, Accomplishments, Astronomy, Balanced Living, Compensation, Contentment, Dreams, Giving, Gratitude, Happiness, Joy, Life Balance, Living, Passion, Personal Treasures The Joy of Sharing Our Talents with Others 9-2-22, “I am eating breakfast on the patio, reading a good book, and enjoying the sunrise—another glorious day begins for me on […]
08/28/202208/28/2022Accomplishments, Awareness, Beliefs, Blessings, Career, Caring, Compensation, Compliments, Contribution, Giving, Gratitude, Greatness, Happiness, Heroes, Inspiration, Joy, Kindness, service, Success, Work Your talents are not for you alone–they belong to the world. I was loading my paintings into our truck to travel to my first art festival. My wife noticed that I had left […]
06/05/2022Awareness, Blessings, Books, Caring, Contribution, Giving, Gratitude, Great Teachers, Influence, Inspiration, Joy, Kindness, service, Time Management, Training & Development I Am the Product of Thousands Who Cared Years ago, during the heyday of time-management workshops and personal planning binders, I was recruited by Day-Timer to teach and speak. During […]
04/17/202204/17/2022Caring, Compassion, Contribution, Empathy, Encouragement, Giving, Greatness, Happiness, Influence, Kindness, Love, service Love Is Life’s Largest Lesson In 1965, I heard a beautiful song on the radio. Jackie DeShannon was singing, “What the world needs now is love, sweet […]
02/17/202202/17/2022Awareness, Giving, Greatness, Heroes Heroes Don’t Just Do Their Best, They Do What Has to Be Done Years ago, I came across an inspiring book that was written by Thomas Carlyle and published in 1840. “On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and […]
02/17/202202/17/2022Empathy, Giving, Greatness, service The World Needs Fewer People with Sympathy and More People with Empathy When I was 16, I applied for a job picking pineapples for Dole on Molokai in Hawaii. I felt honored when I […]
12/18/201712/23/2017Giving The Greatest Gift You Can Give “Give what you have. To some, it may be better than you dare think.” -Henry Wadsworth Longfellow At this time of year, […]