I wrote much of this post about 5 years ago and was reminded of it recently by one of my subscribers who remembered it. I forgot to ask what was it that caught the attention of the reader. Regardless, here it is with some editing, revising and updating. I have long been passionate about teaching
Thousands of years of wisdom literature have used the techniques of oral storytelling that was then disseminated in written form. The collections include the wisdom literature from Sumeria and Babylonia, among the most ancient in the world, with the Sumerian documents dating back to the third millennium BC and and the Babylonian dating to the
When you see, read or hear these two words, “CHANGE PLANS” how do you regard the word change? Is it an action verb, an imperative to change your plans? Or is it a noun, the act or process of change? Or is it an adjective describing plans as in wedding plans, travel plans or career
As we change seasons, travel from one time zone to another, move from one place to another there is a noticeable shift in our attitude, outlook and response. When we move from the familiar to the unfamiliar, there is a period of adjustment of adaptation and becoming comfortable with the change. Change is easier
Perhaps smaller than goals, more immediate and conscious, we set out to be or do something intending for it to happen because we have engaged our thought into an action. We have heard “the road to hell is paved with good intentions.” It was first published in Henry G. Bohn’s A Hand-book of Proverbs in
In this Bold Experiment of 30 days of short posts looking inward with our thoughts, we are today half way to the goal. Whether or not we will make it remains to be seen, TBD, the double entendre of “to be determined.” We have many kinds of tools, techniques, skills and instruments for measuring things
