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THE “REAL” ME.

“No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself, and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be true.” “The Scarlet Letter” by Nathaniel Hawthorne
This quote has haunted me since high school. I guess it cuts to the heart of us all in that we are all [...]

WHO KNOWS ONE?

WHO KNOWS ONE?
This is a A Passover reflection by Rabbi Michael Strassfeld which was recited during the Passover Seder in 2006. It really stirred me.
Who knows one?
Who knows one?  One is the Janjaweedmilitia cleansing Darfur.
Who knows one?  Two is the stealing and killing of livestock.
Who knows one?  Three is the poisoning of wells and the [...]

AN UNSUNG HERO

I recently listened to a lecture on “ethical responses to genocide” that took place at Stanford University on February 27 2007. In it I heard one of the most moving stories that I have heard in a long time.  It was a so inspiring that I want to share it here.
Carl Wilkens is a hero [...]

LEVERAGING PAIN FOR PURPOSE

It started out as a feeling
Which then grew into a hope
Which then turned into a quiet thought
Which then turned into a quiet word
And then that word grew louder and louder
Til it was a battle cry
-Regina Spektor  (the call)
How do we leverage pain for purpose and loss for gain? I think a sign that we [...]

HERE’S THE FACTS FOLKS

-If you vote for John McCain because he’s white, YOU’RE A RACIST
If you vote for Barack Hussein Obama because he’s black YOU’RE PROGRESSIVE
-Harvesting baby carrots in the prime of their youth simply for human consumption is wrong.
-To say you love the smell and look of autumn is REALLY to say you love the smell and [...]

GOOD GRIEF (PART 4)

“When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.”~Kahlil Gibran
I was recently at a conference where Ed Young Jr. was speaking. In his talk he used the made up word “brutiful”. He was talking about service to God, [...]

I FEEL GOOD I FEEL GREAT I FEEL WONDERSFUL…REPEAT

I’m at the peak of my training for an upcoming marathon and feeling great. One of the academic fields that fascinate me (I mean other than music therapy, English lit, dance, philosophy and art history) is sports psychology. It has everything I love about psychology MINUS the blaming your mother for failure to breast feed [...]

PRIMAL LEADERSHIP

I’m finishing up Primal Leadership(Daniel Goleman) and thought I would pass on some core thoughts in an executive format style. Goleman is a real genius in my estimation. This is the second book by Goleman that I’ve read the first being Emotional Intelignece.
In the book Goleman describe six styles of leading that have different [...]

I CANT SERVE BECAUSE…

1 Kings 17:8-16 (NLT) Then the Lord said to Elijah, 9 “Go and live in the village of Zarephath, near the city of Sidon. I have instructed a widow there to feed you.” 10 So he went to Zarephath. As he arrived at the gates of the village, he saw a widow gathering sticks, and [...]