No one is all good or all bad

November 17, 2014
My father could be a difficult man. No, I'm not going to detail how and when or why--for this story it's enough to say that he could be difficult and we had a pretty...
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Forgive them anyway

September 14, 2014
Do it Anyway, an Inspirational Poem by Kent Keith and popularized by Mother Teresa People are often unreasonable, illogical and self-centered; Forgive them...
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Pray that peace take root in our troubled world

August 12, 2014
Pray for Peace I must interrupt regularly scheduled programming because the world has gone mad once again and terrorists of all flavors are running rampant, many in the...
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The cost of authenticity

June 24, 2014
I wasn't always the confident person I am now. But I was always someone who could only be how she was. Authenticity was me. Here in Silicon Valley, we call that...
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Living with an open heart

June 8, 2014
These past four days I lived in a place where all hearts were wide open. No, we weren't all sitting around singing Kumbaya. Not at all. We were scientists, scholars,...
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Understanding ‘mean girl syndrome’

April 21, 2014
Several women in my age group have talked to me recently about people they know who could be considered "mean girls." It's mildly surprising that age is no barrier to...
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Living forgiveness

February 6, 2014
The Amish people in their old-fashioned garb and horse and buggy rigs seem so quaint to us modern folks. And yet, we're fascinated by their simple life styles and...
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Gandhi’s morning resolve: beautiful start to a day

January 26, 2014
Let the first act of every morning be to make the following resolve for the day: I shall not fear anyone on Earth. I shall fear only God. I shall not bear ill will...
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The gifts of love, light + happiness

September 1, 2013
It's been a big year for me.  2013 has been a year of forgiveness, a year in which I've learned to come to terms with what is and what will never be. It's a year in...
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Of rattlesnakes, compassion & forgiveness

June 20, 2013
This is a post about the journey from hurt to compassion, and its ultimate destination: forgiveness. It's not an easy path, I can tell you that.  If you've taken a...
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