Quote of the Week

He’s ready to smile, gather strength, and grow brave. Are you? Why not try?

When Mount St. Helens erupted on May 18, 1980, a young boy in Wisconsin saw the news reports. Twenty-four years later, that no-longer-little boy climbed the mountain and looked down into the amazing crater created in 1980. This photo, of my husband atop the  mountain, was taken on September 11, 2004.  On October 11th, just

Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.” – James Baldwin I’m sure there are changes you’ve been longing to make in your organization, your community, or your life that you’ve been putting off. Think of today’s quote of the week and challenge yourself to face

Eccentricity has always abounded when and where strength of character has abounded; and the amount of eccentricity in society has always been proportioned to the amount of genius, mental vigor and moral courage which it contained.  That so few men now dare to be eccentric marks the chief danger of our time.” – John Stuart

If you have attended one of my classes, then you likely recognize this photo of my son, Teddy, and a few of his first steps with his new forearm crutches.  I tell the students in my class that if Teddy can struggle past all the limitations imposed by his spina bifida and still manage to

Be Not Afraid Via non trita zaginiis traditionis suffocata est; non timere secare (The untrodden path is choked by the weeds of tradition.  Be not afraid to cut through.)” Don’t Fear Success There were all kinds of things I was afraid of at first…but by acting as if I was not afraid I gradually ceased

“Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark in the hopeless swamps of the not-quite, the not-yet, and the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish in lonely frustration for the life you deserved and have never been able to reach. The world you desire can be won. It