Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.                                                                                      - - Albert Einstein Being creative and innovative requires self-acceptance and the belief that what you have to say has value....

 “Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.” . . Jimi Hendrix. Back in the nineteen eighties, I volunteered at Chris Brownlie AIDS hospice where there were 26 beds and 26 dying men. This was before the life-saving cocktails when having HIV meant there wasn’t much time...

I have a famous bed. It’s a healing bed. It’s my peaceful place, a corner of the world that asks nothing of me but to let go and just breathe. It serves other people as well. When a close friend is having a meltdown, I put her in my bed and I stroke her head until...

Heroes are people who rise to the occasion and slip quietly away.”              - - - Tom Brokaw I remember a movie from 1992 called “Hero” where Dustin Hoffman played a bitter petty thiefwho begrudgingly rescued people from a devastating plane crash. He just happened...

“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.”                                                                         . . . Maya Angelou Creativity is making something out of nothing. I’m writing a book for an inspirational woman right now. I’ve...

A woman I used to know, Cynthia, was in the business of helping celebrities prepare to be on camera for unscripted interviews. They were accustomed to performing in front of thousands of people, they had reached excellence in their craft, but unscripted appearances...