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Our Mistakes Ever make a mistake? Ever make the same mistake more than once? I have. Ever hear that we can learn from our mistakes? I actually believe this statement because I’ve learned a thing or two from my erroneous ways. Becoming aware of my blunders, blotches, and bungles and then learning something from them…

What Time? I once worked for the local chamber of commerce. My job? To answer the questions posed by the tourists. One day, a visitor asked me, “What time do the animals come out?” Except for the serious look on her face, I would have laughed, but instead with professional courtesy I said, “They usually…

Relish? My husband, the house builder, has incurred a few injuries over the course of his career; severing a finger, hyper extending one of his knees and most recently, a frozen shoulder.  I am not known for my compassion, pity or mercy. But, when he told me about his frozen shoulder, I felt sympathy. What’s…

Those Who See What I Don’t See There are people in my life who see things in me that I do not see. Case in point; two years ago, a member in my Toastmasters Club encouraged me to compete in the annual speech contest. I’d been a club member for only a year. In my…