by Margie | Oct 17, 2011 | Live Passionately, Work Courageously
One evening last week a girlfriend dropped in for an impromptu visit and said she needed a glass of wine. Being the good friend I am I dutifully shared a bottle with her. Which was all fine until the next morning when I realized that I’d forgotten to set my...
by Margie | Sep 27, 2011 | Build Resilience, Live Passionately
This last Sunday I attended the funeral of the father of my dear friend Ellie. It was a beautiful funeral. Very sad, but incredibly beautiful. During the funeral service numerous people got up to speak about the life of Seyed Ahmad Kalantar, a man I had only met once...
by Margie | Sep 11, 2011 | Build Resilience, Live Passionately
Ten years ago today we witnessed extraordinary bravery and heroism by people who would have told you they were neither brave nor heroic. What better way to honor their lives than to live our own with greater courage. I remember watching a young woman, ashen faced, on...
by Margie | Aug 10, 2011 | Build Resilience, Live Passionately, Speak Bravely, Work Courageously
From oppression in Syria to famine in Somalia, from the UK riots to the US Credit Rating, from high unemployment to low housing prices to drawn out wars claiming the lives of the finest of young men and women – there’s no doubt about it, we are...
by Margie | Jul 22, 2011 | Live Passionately, Speak Bravely, Work Courageously
So often we make assumptions about other people that are simply untrue. We think they are “above” us; that they don’t like us; or that they look down on us. All of these thoughts are based on assumptions that we don’t validate, and all of these...
