Stricken
When experience with uncontrollable events leads to the expectation that future events will elude control, disruptions in motivation, emotion, and …
Monthly Archives: January 2013
Reflecting
Rich, a reader, writes — I remember as a child, walking with my parents, how the world seemed to be …
Take Your Time
Who has time? Who has time? But then if we do not ever take time, how can we ever have …
Second Class
A 50- something year old white woman arrived at her seat on a crowded flight and immediately didn’t want the …
I Have Leemers
Navy aviators often talk about “leemers,” a gut feeling that something isn’t right. A pilot feels puzzled, agitated, or anxious. …
Tracking
Between Austria and Italy, there is a section of the Alps called the Semmering. It is an impossibly steep, very …
Just a Note; Just a Phone Call
It was a business trip like so many others. I was a regional operations manager at that time, making a …
Outside, Beyond
Outside, beyond what is right and what is wrong, there is a huge field. We will meet there. – Mevlana …
Out of My Mind
If it’s still in your mind, it is worth taking the risk. – Paulo Coelho Several years ago my end-of-year …
Begin Today
Dream not too much of what you’ll do tomorrow, How well you’ll work perhaps another year; Tomorrow’s chance you do …
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