What You Can Learn from the Homeless. Everyone has a Story. Today we learned about survival on the streets of DC. We’d shared soup, water, hats, earmuffs, and clean socks with several people in Chinatown. We shared Free HUGS too. We made our way up Pennsylvania...
On this the 25th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall, perhaps it is valuable to take a moment and contemplate the various shapes, sizes and forms of walls in our own lives. The Berlin Wall represents the various walls that continue to be created today....
The more I travel the more I learn. I’ve recently returned from a month tour in Europe including Vordinborg in Denmark, Budapest, London, Paris and several cities & villages in Romania. Here’s what I learned: What have YOU learned in your...
This birthday marks an important milestone. September 3rd, I will become the age my father was when he died. I have always wondered if I would make it past that point. It looks like I will. I am grateful. Utterly, absolutely grateful. For the past decade I have chosen...
Everyone has a story. These stories are valuable, they matter. Stories connect us across culture, age, and perceived boundaries. As we share our stories from the heart, it is as deeply important to Listen to someone’s story from the Heart. Listening from the...
“How can I help the wounded if I don’t welcome my own wounds?” ~ Jose, speaking of his journey from abused child to former gang member, heroin addict, currently an addiction counselor in LA. Jose shared the story of his mother asking him as age 6 why...
