“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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Latest Posts

  • Who Can I Lift Today

    A Prayer Who can I lift today from dregs or rags or rubble? "Who will lift me?" replies the me within me whose focus, inverted and cross eyed cause me to stumble over unexpected opportunities. For that me knows the… Continue reading

  • Optimism

    Are you optimistic? The Online Etymology Dictionary is my friend, confirming my quasi-informed suspicions about words and their origins such as "optimism." When I say I am optimistic, I want to know that what I think I mean is what… Continue reading

  • Read Energion.com Bloggers

    Henry Neufeld does the surfing for you on behalf of Energion Press to bring you blog entries in webzine form on matters of faith and spirituality. Energion Bloggers is a great starting place for bookmarking blogs. Continue reading

  • Taming the The Rhinoceros – LEAD

    If you want fast results that will produce no enduring fruit, release the rhinoceros in you in some crowded place. If you want to be a leader who inspires people to greatness, however, LEAD. Continue reading

  • Timidity

    We stagger through life encumbered by the pressures of everyday problems and phantom concerns. We are sensitive to slightest slight and the subtlest gesture. We are quick to take offense and slow to receive healing when offended, much less to… Continue reading

  • Five Reasons You Should Visit a Toastmasters Club This Week

    Toastmasters International is an octogenarian organization (the club, not the members) that teaches leadership and communication skills in an atmosphere of fun, acceptance, dignity, and collegial support. You should visit and then, you should join. You begin where you are… Continue reading

  • The Grow Flow

    We dream; we grow;We move; we flow;We laugh; we glow.While here below,We live in anticipationOf pomp and circumstanceAnd graduation.We are matriculated in the school of lifeArticulated by toil and tears and strife.We are students of all that passesWork and play,… Continue reading

  • Be Hungry

    I was a little taken back as I sat in the training session for aspiring vacuum cleaner salesmen and heard the trainer say, "I hope you are all in serious debt or financial trouble. If you are, you will be… Continue reading

  • Getting It Done – Quotes to Motivate

    "We can do anything we want if we stick to it long enough."  – Helen Keller " If you can dream it, you can do it. Always remember that this whole thing was started with a dream and a mouse.… Continue reading

  • Lessons from a Penny

    I was trying to find something to write about a few years ago and was completely stumped. Hoping to distract myself into a state of concentration, I picked up a penny and turned it over and over. I asked myself… Continue reading

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