With all the negative accounts in the media, it is easy to think that this country is hopelessly divided. I still passionately believe that are differences can be overcome, that we can find common ground if just simply tried to yield to common sense. There is no gain in divisions. Read more…
I have already said that no person is an island. We live and thrive in community. Community has evolved from its original meaning of a physical location. It now means a group of people with similar likes, interests, and beliefs. This latter definition shows how community can shape our identify Read more…
Hope is the capacity to wait for some expectant event or person. It is the great motivating force in life. Hope comes from deep within our heart and pumps blood to our brain that constructs all manner of plans and schemes to reach our hopes. In this hope differs from Read more…
Trust and Self-Advocacy By Paul Mansell Our lives are full of relationships—loved ones, family and friends, peers, classmates, and co-workers. For each and every healthy relationship we have in our life there is a foundation of trust. Trust is the confidence that we have with another person that they will Read more…
Interconnectedness By Paul Mansell I love ideas and theory. Coming across a new idea makes my day. Sharing an idea with others is icing on the cake. One idea that has captured my imagination and my passion is interconnectedness. It holds that all people are connected with one another. It Read more…
The self-made man or woman is very popular. It shines like a bright star in this country. Yet it is my take that we all need each other, I like to say no person is an island. You can’t give birth to yourself. As we travel the spiritual highway, we Read more…
I saw Racheal, my nurse practitioner this morning. She changed the bandage and packing to my wound. She said the wound has really improved since last weak, and told me to come back in two weeks. I am glad that my wound is healing and that I will soon be Read more…
I keeping looking back to my junior high school teacher saying we were the best and the brightest and we would change the world. I am doing good to do my chores and work through my to do list. I don’t see how I can possibly change the world. I Read more…
Whatever happened to summer? In tribute to the last day of summer, I played a Beach Boys album. Later that evening, I noticed how early it was getting dark. The seasons have definitely changed. Summer the season of growth has yielded to autumn the season of harvest. I miss the Read more…
I truly love my job. i was very happy I was able two work full days. I hate being cooped up home. Having said this, I really do enjoy my weekends. I get to sleep in late and have lazy mornings–sweet! I took part in one of those robot telephone Read more…