Giving Thanks No Matter What
Here are some comments from my friends, partners, and clients that show gratitude and great spirit, as we rebuild from tough times.
Here are some comments from my friends, partners, and clients that show gratitude and great spirit, as we rebuild from tough times.
November may be the most sex-filled month in viral ever. Affairs, sex tapes, Katie Couric booty dancing -- it was almost enough to overshadow the Twilight New Moon premiere!
Suddenly, my Reformed upbringing and eight-week study abroad program in Israel seem puny compared to her full-on, by-the-books, hardcore Orthodox ways.
To help cope with the dire straits in which the G-Men find themselves, we distract one another with talk about Thanksgiving, Tiger Woods, and steroids.
In LA, people dress with the deep and earnest hope that people will do nothing but stare at them. It's a city of discovery and possibility and earthquakes and wildfires; anything can happen.
It's always around the holidays -- brainstorming how many baking dishes of Semi Sweet Potato Mash will fit in my oven at one time -- that I try to remember those among us without kitchens.
I did not feel well enough to travel this holiday. Normally, I would have pushed my way through it but my husband gave me this gift of the day, the t...
There are few people I've met who have completely blown me away with their actions. Major Thomas Sullivan is one of them.
Being back in Massachusetts has given me a lot of free time to think about where I've been, and where I am in my life, and truth be told, reflections ...
Biking is one of the times that I feel free. Most people I see on bikes have a smile probably because it brings us back to a basic, playful time.
Last week's freshly roasted turkeys are officially past the leftover stage but the feeling of having been a part of a unique Thanksgiving Day experience lingers on.
It's a new idea for me, but I'm willing to consider that choosing efficiency over love might be a foolish move. Relationships don't work without some compromise.
Dear Mr. President: You and many of your constituents shave been praising each other on this Thanksgiving, holiday season, so why not one more? ...
People worldwide have traditions of killing the fatted calf, preparing the Sabbath meal, pouring three cups of tea, or breaking bread in communion. We sit down together. We take time.
It's time for America to bring our troops and money home. This should be the last holiday season our troops are separated from their families.
I generally try to be eco-conscious, but it always seems like all bets are off when I have to fly somewhere. Obviously, air travel itself is bad for t...
Life is painful and miserable and often filled with horrific tragedy. But love is really the only cure. We are very lucky here in America to have many barriers to love removed -- we can marry for love and have indoor plumbing.
How can a new breed of financial institution help bring our ailing world back to full health? How might we encourage the banks of today to start thinking like the banks of tomorrow?
Reserving time for ourselves around the holidays seems so far away from the reality of forced spending, emotional exhaustion, and general frustration.
"The Best Is Yet To Come" was playing on the radio. That was fortunate because topping my mail stack was Time magazine, with the crying baby on the cover and the words, "The Decade From Hell."
The problem is that the instant availability and accessibility of the world's information has reduced the compulsion or desire, it appears, for social interaction. The Internet has isolated people in their own private worlds.