When I think of executive directors of nonprofit organizations I think of my local heroes like Geoffrey Canada, founder of Harlem Children's Zone and Richard Buery founder of Groundwork and current President and CEO of The Children's Aid Society. I don't quite think of me. Those two black men are the epitome of leadership, integrity, [...]
No matter what happens to us, the bottom line reality is that all of our experiences in this lifetime will come to an end at some point and in some way. There is no getting around, no avoiding this simple truth. As I think about our spirituality and how we experience life, I cling to [...]
“The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions, and not on our circumstances. We carry the seeds of the one or the other about with us in our minds wherever we go.” -- Martha Washington Developing a positive attitude can play an important role in how you live the rest of [...]
Remember when we were younger, I mean 5, 6 and 7 years old. Life was full of hope and dreams. We wanted to be firemen, policemen and astronauts. The future glowed full of our visions of greatness and desires. Nothing could possibly hold us back. Our imaginations ran free, we had no barriers. Now is [...]
