Tag Archives: honesty
How long does it take to get over something traumatic? Do you ever really “get over it” or do you just find coping mechanisms? Or do you eventually just become completely inured to the pain? We adopted one of our dogs when she was just over eight weeks old. She had been dumped at the…
Excellent resume, great credentials, senior title or up-and-coming – on paper you look fabulous and have it all together. But what happens when you feel like something is missing, or a challenge won’t go away, or something you are reaching for stays out of reach? There is an underlying expectation in the professional world that…
If you are not a fan of Prairie Home Companion you won’t get the reference, if you are then the famous lines are already running through your head: where all the women are strong, all the men are good looking, and all the children above average. I don’t live in the fictional Lake Wobegone, because…
There is a thing about marketing, or advertising if you will, to get people excited and get them to act (by which most of us mean give money in some way) when you want them to, typically right now. And then there is a thing about telling the truth, being genuine and being trustworthy. The…
Mere days ago my husband and I celebrated our twentieth wedding anniversary. We agreed that is didn’t feel like we had been married for a long time. A lot of stuff has happened for sure, but it just doesn’t feel long. I said, “I just feel like I know you really well.” He said, “yep,…
I am a regular party thrower, or perhaps regularish. I host a party a few times a year, sometimes larger, sometimes smaller, sometimes for a reason and sometimes just because it is nice to host a party. You plan, you invite, you entertain and chat with friends, some of whom perhaps you don’t see all…
I was curious when I saw the headline “These 4 rules will let you know when it is okay to lie.” ‘Oh really,’ I thought, ‘someone has figured out when it is no longer bad to be dishonest and how to avoid the slippery slope that follows the white-lies are okay crowd.’ I read the…
Faith Works 