by Inspiration | Jan 29, 2025 | Relationship, Archives
Hearing those words, my father told Sharon, “Get on with your life.”
Sharon quickly replied, “Mike is my life.”
Even though we were not yet married, Sharon believed in the vows, “in sickness and in health.” She dropped out of college for one semester to be with me at the Rehabilitation Hospital in Houston where I was eventually transferred. Sharon was spending her time with her “drooling boyfriend in the hospital” while other college freshmen were spending their time at parties.
by Inspiration | Jan 17, 2025 | Archives, Relationship
The Ubuntu Philosophy – I am Because We Are
When the anthropologist asked them why they did so, they merely answered, ‘Ubuntu’, querying, ‘How can one be happy when the others are sad?’
Ubuntu in their language means ‘I am because we are!’
by Inspiration | Jan 14, 2025 | Attitude, Archives, Relationship
Back in the days when Germany was divided, a huge wall separated East and West Berlin. One day, some people in East Berlin took a truckload of garbage and dumped it on the West Berlin side.
by Inspiration | Jan 12, 2025 | Relationship, Archives
The Cleaning Lady. During my second month of nursing school, our professor gave us a pop quiz. I was a conscientious student and had breezed through the questions until I read the last one: “What is the first name of the woman who cleans the school?”
by Inspiration | Jan 4, 2025 | Attitude, Archives, Relationship
My Friend Barry I first met Barry in the mid-80’s while working as the secretary for the President of a limousine company in the town where I grew up, a… My Friend Barry I first met Barry in the mid-80’s while working as the secretary for the President of a limousine company in the town where I grew up, a suburb of Dallas. My boss, Charles was the newly appointed President of the National Limousine Association based in Washington, DC. Barry, a man nearly twice my age and also serving on the board lived near the Associations’ headquarters and would routinely call to discuss issues with my boss. When Barry would call he would exuberantly say “Good morning!!!” and you could tell from his voice and tone that it really was! Being a young mother of two small daughters, often it was well up into the day before my morning felt “good” to me. Usually fatigued from the daily routine of getting dinner the night before, baths, making lunches, helping with homework, and then getting up early to rush the girls off to school and drive the 20+ miles to work in traffic, I would be doing well to muster up a smile, much less any enthusiasm, yet Barry’s calls would always rejuvenate me. As time went on, I found
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by Inspiration | Dec 19, 2024 | Relationship, Archives
I challenge you today, to take it easy. You might not be going to the same destination. It might surprise you later that, with all your pushing, they may still leave you on the ‘queue’ of destiny and become successful before you.
