Giving thanks isn’t just for Thanksgiving. Research by Harvard shows it’s not happiness that makes us grateful; it’s gratefulness that makes us happy. So, why limit giving thanks to just one day a year? As Walt Whitman said, “To feel gratitude and not express it, is like wrapping a present and not giving it.” Many people have a tradition of… Read more →
“Time races by like wild horses over the hills.” – Charles Bukowski I’m wrapping up the year by staying with a long-time friend in Kauai. She’s graciously opened her home to me so I can finish my Year by the Water manuscript. As we got caught up over dinner overlooking the ocean, she said ruefully, “Where did the time go?”… Read more →
“The longer you wait for your future; the shorter it will be.” – slogan on coffee mug I was at a beach in Kauai over the weekend. A couple next to me said they’d been looking forward to getting into the ocean but it was “too cold.” Meanwhile, a little boy waded in and started splashing around. He was clearly… Read more →
Thomas Wolfe was wrong. We CAN go home again. These past few weeks have been full in every sense of the word. Wonder-full. Meaning-full. Grateful. Spent Thanksgiving with my sister Cheri and her family in Los Osos, CA. It was wonderful just hanging out, watching football, getting in my morning “walk to the Rock”, being inspired by an 81 year… Read more →
I am here in the deserted lobby of the 5 star JiaHua Hotel in Beijing at 4 am, reveling in – and writing about – the extraordinary experiences I’ve had these past few days. What a privilege it was speaking for an appreciative audience of 1800 people at China’s 12th Annual Direct Selling convention. I even had a rather unique… Read more →
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