The Personal Journey
Back to School Time
Back-to-school time is bittersweet. Yes, we celebrate a new year, the start of the next adventure. And with a new start, there's also an ending. For weeks now, I've been reminded of endings and beginnings, of the rituals that mark the passing of time. It started about a month ago, when I attended a family…
Read MoreHow to Change Your View on Life
If you want to change your view on life, move a thousand miles away to a blighted urban city, work for a men's homeless shelter for not much more than a roof over your head and three (sort of) square meals a day, and write–about what you see and feel and think. Photo by Diego…
Read MoreWhen Was The Last Time You Experienced Joy Like This?
A friend on Facebook posted this video of a creative, joyful start to a wedding: It's been awhile since I blogged, two weeks to be exact. While you may have been wondering about the absence (or not), I was doing the same thing. Why haven't I made the time to sit down and write? I…
Read MoreHow Good Are You at Self-Advocacy?
It's been awhile since I posted here. I've been learning about advocacy and self-advocacy. In preparing for a talk in Houston next week for the Juvenile Arthritis annual conference, I looked up the definition of "advocate." (The title of my talk is "Advocacy: Finding Your Voice." Contact me if you are in Houston and you…
Read MoreStanding Up to the Bullies (With Kindness)
In the course of making a living, it's easy to compromise our values and principles. Think of the client you don't want to offend or the VP who treats you and rest of the staff as part of her fiefdom. The most precious thing that you have is your self-respect and dignity. Others may try…
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