We have all seen the Wizard of Oz and remember the scene when Toto pulled back the curtain revealing instead of The Great Oz, a man who was pulling levers. This short scene from this classic film is to a greater or lesser extent all of us. We live our lives behind our curtain. It
Jake came to my office with fear in his eyes. What was getting himself into? Not unusual, so I start by soothing his hesitations and helping him to see that it’s a process that starts by building trust and I must be trustworthy. I cajoled him with how anxiety-producing it must be to spill your
The liar’s punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else. -George Bernard Shaw Where did this spate of liars and lying begin? Perhaps with the Stone Age but in our current climate it appears that the truth and lies are so blurred that we cannot
“Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.” -Albert Schweitzer “The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It’s not that we seize them, but that they seize us.” -Ashley Montigue “You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of, you will never live
John F. Kennedy uttered the now famous words during his inaugural address “Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country.” At the time (it was 1961) it hit me like a thunderbolt and many of my generation joined the crusade. I wanted a better life for
“When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on”. – Franklin Roosevelt The news is not what it used to be, remember the little things like war, disasters and overall bad news. Those were the good old days. Now we have a new tragic frenetic display of serious insanity
“Will you still need me, will you still feed me when I’m 64” laments the Beatles song. When I was young no one in our generation wanted to live past thirty, it was considered to be too old. Now we watch a 71 year old Mick Jagger prance and leap like he’s a youngster as