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If you wish people to obey you, you must learn to obey yourself; if you wish people to believe you, you must learn to believe yourself; if you wish people to respect you, you must learn to respect yourself; if you wish people to trust you, you must learn to trust yourself. ~ Hazrat Inayat Khan … [Read more...]

We all have one. Mine was Mrs. Hackman. A small, stern woman with silverish-gray hair, bright red lipsticked lips and steely blue eyes; she was demanding and set the bar high for all of us. She had a giant heart and a smile that I strove to earn. In the day I would have done almost anything to see "Super Duper" in her impeccable cursive across the top of my spelling test. One time, a second grade … [Read more...]

In the natural world we see interdependency everywhere. In contrast the world we are creating seems driven towards isolation. We can buy all the gadgetry that we need to successfully live without anyone else's help. Or input. Or push back. Or opinions. Or idiosyncracies. Or support. Or... I am a shining example of the independent woman (and I'm singling myself out here for something that I'm … [Read more...]