Mentoring has always been a weighty concept to me; it seems and sounds so important, the practice of guiding and molding a person to help them reach their full potential. Leadership in general carries a lot of the same connotations in my mind. So what do you do when you don’t feel/think/act or believe you…
— 1 — I’ve been thinking a lot about happiness this week, kicking around ideas for our summer writing project. Happiness can be kind of a subjective thing, in that our personalities and gift mixes can affect which activities we find “fun” and which we don’t – but I think at its heart, happiness might have some…
Simple Felicity is so named because deep down, I have this sneaking suspicion that happiness really isn’t as complicated as we think it is. Felicity is simply great happiness. Bliss. Joy. Good fortune. And it is in the simple things we find it. A walk on the beach. A hug from a friend. A warm cup…
I’ve been mentoring (with varying degrees of formality) for about 10 years now, and some of those mentoring relationships have been absolutely amazing. Others… well, not so much. It’s always a flattering thing when someone asks you to mentor them. It usually means they like you, and (at least for the moment) care what you think. If you know…
— 1 — I generally try to value time and not write it off with phrases like “I am so glad this week is almost over!” But while I am glad to be alive and relatively healthy, let’s just say that I am also really looking forward to next week’s arrival. (That’s the most positive way I…
