This is either a frightening message or an exhilarating one. But no matter how it strikes me on any given day, I always know it’s true. We leave a footprint, how large, how small, how welcome, how menacing? It’s up to us. What impact have you had today? What impact would you like to have?…

“A drowning person doesn’t rescue herself.” -Julie Schumacker Talk about inspiring, did you see the story last week about the family at the Panama City Beach that was carried out by a riptide and were desperately in need of being rescued? Check out this link and be sure to look at the video. Two boys…

“Exploration is really the essence of the human spirit.” -Frank Borman Exploration was the theme of this week at Chautauqua Institution, and it’s been exciting. National Geographic partnered with Chautauqua to provide the programming, as they’ve done several times in the past, and the speakers shared a wide variety of experiences. We’ve had a paleo-anthropologist,…

“Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.” -John F. Kennedy I know. Easier said than done, isn’t it? Here we are a couple of days from another…

“One of the wonderful things about spending time with people completely unlike you is you discover how much you have in common. The same fears, the same hopes, the same concerns,” -Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks How many friends do you have from different religions? A recent article in the Huffington Post, informed us that some of…

I want to congratulate all the men out there who are working diligently to be good fathers whether they are stepfathers, or biological fathers or just spiritual fathers. — T. D. Jakes I like to think that another name for a good father is “Dad.” There are many men who are fathers but not always dads.…

Tears are the silent language of grief.  -Voltaire Last week I spent five wonderful and intense days with my three brainstorming buddies here at Chautauqua, NY. Our sessions were fruitful with ideas — some of them pure gems and others more hair-brained — flying all over the room. In between we ate delicious meals together,…

One reason I love this time of year — beginning of summer, beautiful weather, being with family, hanging out at Chautauqua — is because of all the inspiration in the air. What? Yes, I have found that there is enough inspiration in commencement speeches to fill the entire year. I know, many commencement addresses are…

Did you see this inspiring story? A couple who fell in love decided to have their wedding on Sanibel Island — one of my favorite places in the world. They felt so blessed to have found each other that they decided to show their appreciation and gratitude by giving back. So they asked the guests, as…

Happy Mother’s Day to all you mom’s out there. Now let’s get real. Mother’s Day consists of a tsunami of sentimental expressions of how wonderful and fantastic every mother in the universe is, how much we sacrifice for our family, how loving and giving each of us is, and what goddesses we truly are. All…