I have to admit that I was cynical.
Did I want to be the 11,871,170th person to watch Susan Boyles’ performance on Youtube? I had heard that it got more views than Obama’s inaugaration speech! I had seen these shows before and I admit, I watch American Idol. But could this woman really be […]
I remember the first hate mail I received after I published my first book. Someone wrote me that it was the worst piece of garbage that he had ever written. He told me that he literally flushed it down the toilet. I was devastated for a few days. This letter seemed to wipe out in […]
This week had two firsts and a second. Aren’t I lucky?
After 25 years of traveling, this was the first and second time, I was stranded flying and spent a night in a city I did not plan. On Thursday night, I missed my connection to San Antonio from Dallas. I stayed in Dallas On Friday, […]
Did you ever see someone down on their luck and say to yourself, that could be me?
“There go I but for the grace of God” is the full quote I believe. This happens to me alot. I never take my circumstances for granted and realize how quickly life can change.
I was thinking of this tonight. Every Monday, […]
When visiting my client today that runs a series of spas, I always ask him, “What does it feel like to know what you do brings so much pleasure, joy and comfort to your clients everyday?” (Pretty good, he says). Then, I got to thinking, what does it feel like to be a person that gives […]
This weekend, I watched a documentary called, Blindsighted. It shows how Erik Weihenmayer was the first blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest. A few years later, he then leads six Tibetan blind teenagers to climb the 23,000 foot Lhakpa Ri on the north side of Mount Everest.
Besides being an amazing story, two things stood out […]