“Hope” is the thing with feathers -That perches in the soul – And sings the tune without the words – And never stops – at all”

—Emily Dickinson

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  • Remember the Night and the Waltz

      Our resilience can aid the resilience of our people and lead to the resilience of our organizations.   #makethebest #resilience #hope #healing #grief #mourning #remembering    https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/things-do-always-go-well-tom-sims-0egqe Continue reading

  • Tolstoy – Where Love Is

    WHERE LOVE IS THERE GOD IS ALSO Quoted in MUGA – Make Us Gentle Again There is a true and biblical test of any nation’s greatness. How do we measure up corporately and personally? Help me make a penny –… Continue reading

  • Live Wisely and Well

    Live well. Live wisely. Live unselfishly. Make a difference in the world. You might be the one who saves the city and are then forgotten. You may be the reason people go on living prosper and enjoy the fruits peace.… Continue reading

  • Have Mercy Do Likewise Continue reading

  • Some Recent Videos for Creators, Entrepreneurs, and Other Humans

     First – a sample from my "Word of the Day" poem discipline.   Next, lest, we forget that I give practical help to entrepreneurs and other creators https://calendly.com/coachtomsims     Writing and On Writing           from… Continue reading

  • We Write Because We Must

    https://unsplash.com/@joshua_hoehne     We stare and glare and stare some more. It's only fair to share. We care and more … Because we're there, we stare. Our eyes and hearts are open and, Only when that is true, We may… Continue reading

  • Stuff Breaks

    Stuff Breaks. Surely, it does. No jokes about calling me, “Shirley.”  That would be a: Faux pas literally meaning “false step.” What do you do when it happens and you do not really know why? If you knew it was… Continue reading

  • You Have Been Recruited

      You were handpicked for your team. You are on a mission, sent out with a message. You are part of a great harvest.       The disciples on an early Kingdom mission had not only survived hostility but… Continue reading

  • Behold the Man

      What do you say when you have nothing more to say? What do you say when there are no real questions? What do you say when saying anything will only serve the wrong agenda? "He (Herod) questioned him at… Continue reading

  • Self-Evident – Endowed by Their Creator – A Celebration of the 4th of July

    The Declaration, Devotions, and More This image shows an 1876 engraving titled "Declaration of Independence, July 4th, 1776" made available by the Library of Congress. On that day, the Continental Congress formally endorsed the Declaration of Independence.  J. Trumbull, W.L.… Continue reading

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