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Have you ever experienced an event so broken that the past and future became so tightly bound it became impossible to have a … present? A moment so broken that time stands still and memories don’t mend? Moments like these can shape our outlook on life and rob us of our happiness. Broken memories can create a pattern of negative thinking and behavior forever driving us into … Continue reading Accepting a Broken Past
Some time ago, I attended the funeral of Verdell Trice. Verdell was nicknamed the “Mayor of the West Side” because for more than 50 years he worked to make this desperately poor community in Chicago a better place to live. During the 1970’s I had the honor of working with Verdell on economic and social development programs aimed at improving the living conditions on the … Continue reading Why Bother?
“The real voyage of discovering consists not in seeking new landscapes but having new eyes – Marcel Proust Discovery can be a strange and mystifying endeavor. That which we hope to discover is often not what we actually come to discover. I can think of three illustrations in history that illustrate this truth. Christopher Columbus was commissioned to … Continue reading The Gift of Ignorance
Please enjoy this post from Joe Nagy. It’s back to work on Monday. One of the perks of teaching is that you get long holidays over Christmas and New Year, plus spring breaks, and of course a long summer break. I can never complain about a hard day on the job because my wife will always remind me of all the vacations that I get. … Continue reading How to Love Your Work (Joe)
The first time I came to terms with the meaning of this statement I was experiencing my first real time of Unbelief Doubt Agnosticism I was 14 years old and it was the weekend after the Kennedy assassination. I was the paper boy at King County Hospital. I was in a state of shock at the news that our beloved president, John Kennedy, had … Continue reading Accept It, Change It, or Leave It