People are amazing. People are dazzling in their variety, their potential, their ability to surprise. Each person has their own unique perspective on their experience. Each tells their story their own way. It is impossible to understand a person based on how they look. We need to listen to the stories locked inside each of […]
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I belong to a liturgical church. We divide our years into liturgical seasons. One of those seasons, Lent, is ending. Lent is about assessing and making changes to find balance in our lives. Some people choose something to give up or do without for Lent, while others decide to develop new qualities or habits. I have
We measure our strength by testing ourselves to find out how far we can go. Even when we compete against someone else, our truest competitors are ourselves. We build strength by pushing against our limits. We want to run faster, push harder, or create more innovative technology than we have before. We want to continue developing new
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Wendy Wolff believes in saying what needs to be said. She is a good listener and facilitator. Wendy appreciates the value both of contemplation and of action. She knows that life is personal as well as public. Wendy understands the importance of writing good letters. When her sister was killed in a car accident, Wendy found solace in writing letters to
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We all have times when spiritual life feels far from us. The fire within us has apparently gone out, leaving us alone in the cold and dark. The idea of sacred depth all around us, or even in us, seems ridiculous, laughable. We believe spiritual life should be comforting, supportive. We do not feel comforted or supported. Each
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It can be a challenge to remember work does not have to make us miserable. The times we struggle, the times we are frustrated, tend to stay with us longer than other experiences. We remember when we thought someone got in our way. When people encourage us or inspire us, it tends to wear off
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We know people who believe leadership emerges when we need it. They see crisis points in history when key world leaders were in place to make a difference. We may know other people who believe we build leadership through our own efforts. They talk about best practices or disciplines to develop leaders. They see us working
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It is challenging to plan falling in love. Love, like any relationship, does not follow measurable steps toward a clear outcome. Our efforts to organize, analyze, and control falling in love rarely turn out the way we hope. Love does not follow the rules. Love is more poetry and music than prose. We may try to plan
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We believe in the positive power of pressure. When the pressure is on, people do their best work. Our heroes come through against all odds on the last page or at the end of the movie. Our attention is riveted to an athletic contest coming down to the last play at the very end. We
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There are people who are afraid to become leaders, to take on the work of leadership. There are also people who want to be leaders because they are afraid. They work to compensate for their fear by controlling every aspect of what they do. They believe in planning and anticipation, being ready for anything. For them, leadership is
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