Monthly Archives: December 2004

Happiness, I have the definition all wrapped up…right here on board this ship with me!

Even though I am not going to be ‘home’ for Christmas I have received some real good mail and anticipate a little more…because I was told it was coming, and that in itself is making me happy thinking about it being on its way!

First I have received great mail from several people wishing me Holiday greetings. I have a new Emeril cookbook called ‘Potluck’ which I will endorse right now on the spot (It is a great recipe/cook book, ingredients should be easy to find in… READ MORE!

Recently I have found a lot of frustrations between understanding leadership (my boss or bosses) and the people that I am responsible for. There are several aspects that make it a difficult chore. First I would think that it is because I work with people from so many different cultures, Secondly so many different ages and religious backgrounds, and Third…Ah who am I kidding? There are so many different factors to consider that I don’t think I could list them all!!!

What is, or used to be part of Gateway and Segue training (which is like teaching people for work in… READ MORE!

As life rolls by me (or over me) at a speed that I can not slow down (or the aging process for that matter) I find myself looking around to see who has made it all the way, or if in fact, I am the one who is behind.

We are by nature (or is it habit?) comparing people. But by being this way we bring on a much greater stress than is realized…It is probably the foundation for most stress we have today. How? Why do we strive so hard at work unless we are afraid of the person that… READ MORE!

There is a nice story I want to tell you that I remember from a section of a book by Swindoll. It will be a paraphrase since I can only remember so much, and, I am sure that these things are copyrighted…

A young boy fresh out of Sunday School class was running around ecstatic. After finding his father nearby, he started telling his father about Moses escaping from Egypt with the Israelites. He explained to his father that while he was making it to the Red Sea the Pharaohs army was catching up…so Moses got on his walkie-talkie and called