I just don't know that shame and fear need to be our teachers; rather, compassion, understanding, and love should be our guides. Kyan Douglas   As many of you saw from my last post I had a difficult week.  Facing mortality is emotional and painful. Its...

  We need each other. When we understand this & act from this place we will create communities where everyone is valued.     I am not a person that blogs about every detail of my life.  That is not who I am. While I consider myself open I am not one...

                It is probably not love that makes the world go around, but rather those mutually supportive alliances through which partners recognize their dependence on each other for the achievement of shared and private...

There will be an agreement in whatever variety of actions, so they be each honest and natural in their hour. – Ralph Waldo Emerson   I have really enjoyed participating with the #Trust30 writing challenge.  The prompt for today is "What will I say to the person I...

Say no to the illusion safety and security if it means closing off your heart, or your voice.

You do not die from having dissenting voices amongst you. You can die from the dead weight of conformity.

    Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain. Ralph Waldo Emerson         I just joined #Trust30.   #Trust30 is an online initiative and 30-day writing challenge that encourages us to look within and trust ourselves. I will...

            People ask me  why  I do what I do. For me its quite simple- I believe that the nonprofit sector is still worth being in. Its a balancing act. Raising  money,supporting volunteers, providing quality programs, balancing...

    I emphasize self-esteem, self-confidence, and dignity, not as an ideal, but as a real test of community organization. Without leadership development, community organizations do not have staying power. Paul Wellstone I finally did it……created something...