With Labor Day just around the corner, I thought I’d share with you an old Irish tale that underscores the value of the axiom that each of us are made stronger by the realization that, in most instances, the only helping hands we truly need are readily found at the […]

There once was an young man who lived in a town renowned for its cutting and crafting of gemstones. He wanted desperately to become a gemologist because those in that profession were well respected and well paid. So the young man approached one of the local experts and implored him […]

The headline in this week’s Washington Post read “Americans’ optimism is dying.” The reporter, Dana Milbank, wrote “It is the very essence of the American Dream: an irrepressible confidence that our children will live better than we do. And now it is gone. It has been slipping for some time, really, […]

There is an African folk tale of a young man and a woman who fell in love and ultimately solemnized their commitment to each other and become husband and wife. As is the case with most newlyweds, for a short while they were perfectly happy, but as is also commonly […]