It seems that everyone at some point finds themselves tangled in a web of limitations and oppression. Some are of their own making, some are served by the hand of others and no matter what their provenance, there is only one sustainable way out. To be free from your limitations you must learn to be …
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Discovering you.
I would like to share one of my favorite banjo performances with you this morning. Bela Fleck, often called the premier banjo player in the world, demonstrates the remarkable range of this delightful instrument in his performance of Bach's Violin Partita 3. Turn up your speakers or don your headphones and sit back and enjoy: …
Rise and Shine or Rise and Whine?
Every weekday afternoon from 1952 to 1970, millions of American viewers tuned into the televised comedy "Art Linkletter's House Party." Years later Bill Cosby hosted a show inspired by Linkletter called "Kids Say the Darndest Things." The format was simple and thoroughly entertaining: the host would ask unscripted questions of children and the answers were …
The Role of Empathy in the 21st Century
Whether or not you are religiously inclined, the statement purportedly spoken 2,000 years ago by a man whose worldview spawned a number of organized religions including Christianity - "Judge not that ye be not judged" - is worthy of deep consideration. Judgment, the arch-rival of empathy, is an insidious and pernicious human invention. The millennium-and-a-half …
If today was your last day…
A friend of mine sent this link yesterday and I thought you would enjoy the message: What if today was your last day? Did you give it your all? Did you help everyone you could? Did you live up to your highest expectation of others? It is so easy to slide into a state of …
Gregory Hake 