The Best Laid Schemes Of Mice And Men…
As Robert Burns poem, To a Mouse, reminds us, “The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men / Gang aft agley.” (“The best laid schemes of mice and men / Often go awry.”) Anyone who has ever suffered a great loss knows well the depths of despair and anguish that arise from such an experience,…
The Golden Role – Just Be Nice!
When it comes right down to it, we are ALL alone. Most of what happens happens by chance. The best way to have your prayers answered is by helping answer the prayers of others. The best way to increase your odds is by actively working to increase the odds for others. If each of us…
Where Does Compassion Fit In Your Approach?
I recently posed the following question to one of the top motivational speakers in the country: “Where does compassion fit in your approach? Or do you subscribe to the law of attraction viewpoint that suggests that everyone who falls on hard times has somehow attracted their circumstance? And, if so, how would you explain the…
Restoring Hope To A Hopeless Generation
Restoring Hope To A Hopeless Generation “In times like these, it helps to recall that there have always been times like these.” Paul Harvey (1) Monsters of society have been a fact of life since the dawn of time; ruthless killers like Genghis Khan, Adolph Hitler, Osama bin Laden, the young men from…
