Listen without interrupting. Be present, not absent/present. When you do respond, it’s about who you are listening to. Not about you.

Saturday Afternoon Bob told me, “We’re riding tonight to Ybor City to check out Hamburger Mary’s and the drag queen show Lloyd was...

In the 1997 movie, As Good as It Gets, actress Helen Hunt’s character (Carol) tells actor Jack Nicholson’s character (Melvin) that she...

If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun. Katharine Hepburn Heavy into shopping at the markets in Jaipur, India, I realized I was...

In April 2000 when I embarked on my solo trip around the world, I didn’t arrange to return to my corporate job at the trip’s conclusion...

One day in 2013, after a collage-making frenzy, I looked about my apartment at the tornado of art supplies and considered putting order...

“She’s full of herself.” Meant as a slur about one who holds herself in high esteem. I say we should be full of ourselves, all of us....

You probably already know what your knack is. Others have observed it in you. You’ve observed it in yourself, though you’ve yet to claim...

What one does is what counts, not what one had the intention of doing. Pablo Picasso Show Up Scenario: you think about setting out for...

Grant yourself permission. To not wash dishes, do laundry, answer every email, take the call every time the phone rings, text back every...