Currents July 2022
With several landmark decisions having recently come from the Supreme Court of the United States of America, the word “choice” is pulsating in headlines, social media posts, conversations, commentaries, and…
Choose to Change, Rewire Your Heart
This month we celebrate our freedom to choose. An important facet of this gift is that it opens the door for us to choose to change. I am grateful that…
Choosing Freedom and Joy
Over the past few years, I’ve been coming across more and more information and resources that teach the fact that our thoughts carry power — for good or for bad.…
Free to Choose
What does it mean when we say, “We are free to choose, and willingly accept responsibility for our choices?” Today, I’ll share some of my thoughts on this subject, but…
Choose to Feel Your Feelings
There certainly are times in my life when I have NOT felt free to choose. At times, when circumstances seemed bigger than me or when I felt like a victim,…
Communication Choices
Of the almost innumerable choices we make daily, perhaps the most consequential are the ones that impact those around us. The words we choose to use, our tone of voice,…
Giving Girls Dignity Nigeria
I am a member of Rotary International. Rotary club members work to improve life for some of the world’s vulnerable populations. Rotary’s global grants support these efforts in communities worldwide.…
Lessons From a 1960s Folk Song
In 1964, on the album Wednesday Morning, 3AM, the Simon and Garfunkel song, The Sound of Silence, made its debut. It wasn’t the song as we know it today, a…
Lessons for my Children: On the Art of Good Citizenship
Spring is a season stuffed full: of damp grass and flowers emerging riotously from the earth, of the sussurating sound of bicycle chains and the grate of lawnmowers blistering the…
Votes in “Small” Elections Have Big Impact
“We are free to choose and willingly accept responsibility for our choices.” At the outset of 2020, there seemed to be so much promise: a fresh start and the promise…