A few weeks ago I attended a workshop called “Ruckusmakers” led by Seth Godin. Eighty energetic and passionate world-changers gathered at a place called “The Purple Crayon” to learn from Seth and each other. We were there to be challenged, shaken.
Made uncomfortable.
What were the women feeling as they walked away from Jesus' grave? They had just watched him be tried, tortured, die a horrible death, and be hurriedly buried before the Passover. They stayed with him through it all.
And now they had to turn away from the tomb and walk away.
Do you feel as though your life has come undone? Have your carefully laid plans unraveled? Michele Cushatt has traveled that road too.
And wrote a book about it, called Undone.
What do we do with the rocks in our lives? What a tour though the New England countryside can teach us.
Take a drive through almost any small town in New England, and what will you see? Stone walls.
Did you make New Year’s Resolutions this year? How is it going? Are you frustrated? Do your habits have a vice grip that you haven’t been able to shake? Have you already given up? Perhaps it's time to reboot and turn your resolutions into goals. Here are nine secrets to setting and achieving goals.
Playing it safe can be hazardous to your health and your career. Playing brings life and energy. Here is a valuable lesson you can learn about the difference between the two from my experience in a college art class.
I signed up for a basic design and color class because I thought it would be fun and different. I wanted something to round out the semester. Little did I know what I was getting into.
I recently asked you to share your thoughts, frustrations, and challenges in a brief survey. An amazing number of you responded with thoughtful comments and strong opinions. From what you shared, I can tell you care deeply about the topics we explore together.
We’ve all heard of Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech. It is one of the most famous American speeches of all time, along with Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address and Kennedy’s “Ask not what your country can do for you…” speech.
Have you ever thought about the man behind that famous speech? Not the icon, but the man himself? What can we learn from this man and his dream?
When my husband died, we did not have a cemetery plot. After all, we were young and not expecting to die yet. And now here I was without a clue about what to do. My family, being the practical people we are, met together and decided that we would all buy plots next to each other at the cemetery in my home town, where my parents still live. Not only that, but we also bought the stones all at once and had them installed. All our gravestones are in the cemetery with our names and birth dates.
The only thing missing is our death dates.
I recently traveled to Colorado for a meeting. The meeting place was in the mountains, about a 3-hour drive from the airport. I was told that the drive was spectacular, and looked forward to seeing scenery that looked quite different from my home in Connecticut.
