Are You Open to Receiving?
She couldn't help but wonder what it could be -- wonder or dread, she wasn't sure which was the more accurate feeling. He hadn't been much of a gift giver in the past, at least not the recent past.
She couldn't help but wonder what it could be -- wonder or dread, she wasn't sure which was the more accurate feeling. He hadn't been much of a gift giver in the past, at least not the recent past.
Marki Flannery | Posted 03.13.2012
A task so simple, mundane -- and essential -- as making a bed for someone who cannot do it themselves strikes me as a great lens through which to view caring for others.
Masood Ahmed | Posted 12.20.2011
As we launch the IMF's Arabic blog, Economic Window, we are witnessing an historic shift in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). It is clear that ...
Shelley Ross | Posted 12.10.2011
Someone magical has left the planet, no matter how we all will forever live in his iClouds. And I feel shameful for my greed in wishing we all had many more years of him.
Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 09.21.2011
As we take stock of the current state of America's children and the desperate need to change direction for the future, some ancient wisdom can give us a blueprint for setting sail and getting our children to safe harbor.
Emmie Twombly | Posted 09.01.2011
As the youngest in my family, who grew up surrounded by strong independent women, I was able to build my future with insight and perseverance. My first role model was my grandmother, who my older sister and I called "Mimi."
Jeff Klima | Posted 08.07.2011
Bar none, the best tool in your author toolbox is a title. Not some suck-ass combination of words culled from your manuscript, supposedly embodying so...
Beth Jones | Posted 07.31.2011
My son is six-years-old. He's the child of my second marriage.
Stuart Dow | Posted 11.17.2011
Last week I called my brother Leon, who lives in Jerusalem, to wish him a happy birthday. As soon as he answered the phone, I knew something was wrong...
Ramon Nuez | Posted 05.25.2011
The Roadmap is a weekly show by founders Zev Mo Green and Ramon B. Nuez Jr., where they interview NYC-based companies and business leaders. They a...
Alan Singer | Posted 05.25.2011
As events in the Middle East rapidly unfold, teachers have asked me for ideas to help them teach about what is taking place in Egypt, Tunisia, and Yemen. This is a suggested lesson plan.
Matt Spangler | Posted 05.25.2011
Working closely with your family instills everything you do with a passion that comes from helping those you care about most.
Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 05.25.2011
At this time of year I often think of the powerful lessons in a pair of Christmas Eve sermons given by two of my mentors, the Rev. William Sloane Coffin, Jr. and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Gotham Chopra | Posted 11.17.2011
Even though the notion of spirituality has become somewhat mainstream, the quest for it still seems tangled in a web of religiosity and cluttered with quasi quantum physics and existential angst.
Daoud Kuttab | Posted 05.25.2011
The absence of trust, more than settlement announcements, seems to be the real reason behind the current anger of the Obama Administration toward its most important Middle East ally, Israel.
Sarah Haskins | Posted 05.25.2011
This year, I realized that we can't be perfect wives, mothers, career-women, and super-hot sex babes all at once. And then, I turned on the TV, and I remembered: of course we can! All we need is Stuff!
Carl Pope | Posted 05.25.2011
History shows that scientists, more often than not, underestimate environmental risks -- they are not Nervous Nellie alarmists.
Lissa Coffey | Posted 11.17.2011
There's an organization that is challenging us to go 21 days without a complaint! Can we do it? I'm certainly going to give it a shot.
Karen Talavera | Posted 03.24.2012