Steve Jobs once said, “You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something – your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let […]

       Note: The seeds of this week’s inspiration were planted on Monday evening in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings. I actually began composing this piece Wednesday and yesterday. As with any fluid story, events continue to unfold. By yesterday evening law enforcement personnel released pictures of two individuals suspected of perpetrating […]

In Harper Lee’s classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird, she wrote the following discourse for Atticus Finch, her attorney-hero character: “I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It’s when you know you’re […]

I love to read. My reading choices are limitless. I read non-fiction as well as fiction. I read for education, inspiration and entertainment. I’m currently reading a seemingly meaningless murder mystery. But, this week I came across a line in that novel that both inspired and stayed with me and […]