A European leader shared that reading Cody’s blog last week got him thinking about resilience for his team and family. He shared that “resilience” in his language has a slightly different meaning than in English. Resilience is not the ability to bounce back (or forward) but to work hard, figure things out, and take care […]
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When Cody and I go for walks, we always have different agendas. He wants to sniff, look for food, visit other dogs, and pee. I want a little aerobic walk, log a mile or more, say hi to neighbors, and like today, get it all done before the rain starts. This morning we discussed how
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Thus begins the Year of The Rabbit in the Chinese Lunar New Year. Sheila and I were both born in the year of the Rabbit, and I thought that that must be a good omen for us. Unfortunately, some research revealed that we might be in for a tough year. When your Lunar birth occurs,
When Sheila and I went with our community of Interplay artists to Tukumbo, Malawi, in 2007, I imagined I’d see great poverty, unhappiness, and perhaps even hostility to a group of primarily white people visiting their impoverished village. We went on this trip with one of our global leaders, Masankho Banda, who was born and
Bardo is the Tibetan term for the time between the critical stages of life, from birth through death and beyond to rebirth. In traditional meaning, there are six bardos, three occurring during life and three arising before and after life. On a secular level, we can see that we are in these transitional times all
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We just returned from one of our best family holidays in Palm Springs where we watched granddaughter Kyra perform in the Nutcracker, exchanged silly and fun Christmas gifts, hung out in the hot tub and pool, hiked (and saw a magnificent bighorn sheep), shot some good golf with the grandsons and where I lost in
We just returned from one of our best family holidays in Palm Springs where we watched granddaughter Kyra perform in the Nutcracker, exchanged silly and fun Christmas gifts, hung out in the hot tub and pool, hiked (and saw a magnificent bighorn sheep), shot some good golf with the grandsons and where I lost in
We’re out in Palm Springs, CA with all our kids and grandkids. We’ve rented a very cool house with a spa, swimming pool, ping pong table and even an arcade video game. The weather has been great unlike back home in Pittsburgh (and about everywhere else). Granddaughter Kyra will love hanging out with her older
We’re out in Palm Springs, CA with all our kids and grandkids. We’ve rented a very cool house with a spa, swimming pool, ping pong table and even an arcade video game. The weather has been great unlike back home in Pittsburgh (and about everywhere else). Granddaughter Kyra will love hanging out with her older
The sun will reach its nadir today at 3:47 PM EST, in the northern hemisphere, as we procrastinators will be out doing our last minute shopping. We begin our 6-month journey back to the fullness of sunlight and the warmth of the summertime, in just a few hours. It’s no wonder that we are built
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