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Read more: Patience rewarded!We did it! After numerous phone calls and hours waiting on hold, two confirmed reservations that were canceled and hours registering at nine sites, we…
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Read more: Rich in patienceIf Shakespeare is right, I am rich—rich in patience, at least. “How poor are they who have not patience!” Shakespeare once said. I thought that…
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Read more: Learning patienceMy son Jay and his wife Rachel, who got married last year, are in the process of buying a new house. They called this afternoon…
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Read more: PatienceIt’s a long story. First, I had three phone numbers that were supposed to help us get appointments for COVID vaccinations. I spent more than…
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Read more: Look for the light“For there is always light,” writes poet Amanda Gorman. “If we’re brave enough to see it If only we’re brave enough to be it.”
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Read more: A union with purposeThis country isn’t pristine and it isn’t perfect, Amanda Gorman said in her poem at President Joe Biden’s inauguration. We the successors of a country…
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Read more: Dream with ambitionKamala Harris, the first woman vice president, told girls –and boys—to dream with ambition and lead with conviction. “But while I may be the first…
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Read more: Open your soulOur country needs more compassion–and more hope. “We can do this if we open our souls instead of hardening our hearts,” President Joe Biden said…
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Read more: Love, not hateMartin Luther King’s words are worth repeating this week. “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate. Only…
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Read more: Make small talkIn his book On Tyranny, Timothy Snyder lists “make eye contact and small talk” as one of his ”20 lessons from the 20th century.” “This…