A few years ago, I was talking to a friend about a personal situation when she put her hand on mine and said, “I know that you’re very smart and you think a lot but just accept the mystery of life.” It wasn’t the first time words to that effect were spoken to me, words […]
Why I’m Nice and You Should Be Too
“You’re very nice…” Ed said to me during his coaching consultation, unsure, unbelieving, almost accusing. I smiled, confused, as I thought to myself, is that a bad thing? According to him, yes. He wasn’t sure that being nice was an effective way to operate. He was hesitating and questioning his decision to hire me as […]
Imagine
Imagine This. Christian and I were walking down the main street carrying a big red sign with Spanish words, in the middle of a protest against the Mexican Government. We were in a small town near the famous ruins of Palenque, in the Southern state of Chiapas, in Mexico. We had inadvertently ended up in […]
My Friend Alice
My friend Alice was a lot of fun. She was outrageous, obnoxious and offensive. She had an awkward gait and strutted around in a shabby second-hand leather jacket. She had dark tousled brown curls, large soulful cornflower blue eyes and an impish smile. Her father was a lord. When she was 9 she met JFK. […]