November 8, 2024 “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt This past Monday, I posted about my experience attending the Broadway show, The Wiz. It was a phenomenal show! As I watched the performances, I decided to look through a different lens. Instead of looking at them reenact the story with their talents, I was paying attention to the many the lessons in the story and thinking how we can use them in our own lives. Here are seven (7) lessons I was remind of during the play: Get into action.Although you may not know the journey ahead of you, you must be willing to take the… Read More
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November 6, 2024 Going to the theater is one of my favorite pastimes. Hence, I have been a subscriber to the Broadway Series here in Cleveland, OH for almost 15 years. That means I get to see at least seven shows each season. I was super excited to learn the first show of the 2023-2024 season was The Wiz. It has been 50 years since the musical debuted on Broadway. Although I didn’t get a chance to see the musical live back then, I was able to see the movie adaptation with Diana Ross, Michael Jackson and so many other legendary actors. The movie has been a staple in my… Read More
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October 18, 2024 Recently, I attended a breast cancer awareness gala. When I arrived, the valet approached my car and I informed him I wanted to park it myself because I didn’t want to wait in the line when it was over. He said, “Okay, but I want you to know it’s complimentary. The host was gracious to provide it.” Thank you, sir but it’s fine. Then he said, “It may rain when you leave so you may want to reconsider.” Aww, I appreciate your concern but I’ll be okay. Plus, I was just caught in the rain at the drug store 10 minutes ago. After the gala, we all… Read More
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October 3, 2024 Be inspired…then go inspire. Inspiration begets inspiration. “There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.” – Edith Wharton https://youtu.be/wxZYS0xNUqs
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September 20, 2023 “Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” – Marcel Proust I love collecting friends. I am blessed to have a diverse group of friends that brings beauty, variety and happiness to my life. Take a listen on the my thoughts about why relationships matter. https://youtu.be/GxNRMg7Qh90
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September 13, 2024 “Let my soul be like earth to all people.” https://youtu.be/U-UZG9AbO0M
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September 5, 2022 Integrious adjective. Marked by integrity In her book, The Way of INTEGRITY, Martha Beck says, “To be in integrity is to be one thing, whole and undivided.When a plane is in integrity, all its millions of parts work together smoothly and cooperatively. If it loses integrity, it may stall, falter or crash. There’s no judgment here. Just physics.” https://youtu.be/h208leQkiro “The privilege of a lifetime is to be who you are…who you were meant to be.” – Joseph Campbell
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August 23, 2022 Take a listen… https://youtu.be/7LbVnMMTERA
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March 24, 2022 “Beauty is not caused. It is.” – Emily Dickinson Many times we are so caught up in the busyness of life that we don’t notice the beauty that surrounds us everyday. We don’t take the time to stop to smell the roses or look at the magnificence of the painted skies…especially during the sunset. There’s beauty around us everyday but oftentimes we don’t pay attention to it because our minds are focused on something else. When I was going through my cancer battle, things seemed bleak at times. However, in this life-or-death ordeal, I knew there was beauty somewhere. I just had to find it. Every day,… Read More
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