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Friends,

I'm reflecting on ...

Fear is perhaps caused through a real feeling of what is out of our control.

I'm head on with the struggle of fear and find it to be confusing, tiring and a great distraction from all that really matters.  My boss is entangled in fear and brings it head on in displaced anger, with a self agenda aimed at my expense to take control and secure her future in the work place.  

Two fears out of control have collided!!

I find my fear…

Friends,

Have you ever hidden behind success? 

Success can be rewarding, an image building opportunity, more wealth, status and a way to keep climbing to the top.  Yes, the world will tell you this about success and from time to time we might get pulled in.  Sometimes we try so hard to succeed and the challenge becomes daunting, frustrating, fearful, empty, exhausting and precarious at best.  Yes, there we are alone; hiding our heads behind the dark shadow of what we thought…

Friends,

It is a rainy Sunday, September 25th and I'm siting in a comfortable chair, reflecting on days gone by.  I'm looking at my hands and see two hands that have done much over my life.  Two hands, that have played, created art work, worked with nature, teamed with colleagues, helped others, drove, held my wife's hands, held my two children, held my head in times of sadness and held them high in times of joy.  

Yes, two hands with five fingers on each; pause to…

Friends,

"Signs" are everywhere.  Stop, caution, yield, weave, merge and go!  Yes we see them all and pay close attention to them everyday.  Yes signs are everywhere, but the most important ones we sometime miss, even when they are right in front of us.

Have you ever been at a crossroad in your life?  I was caught in the crossroad of a real struggle with people and a situation that consumed me.  The principle of the situation was one I could not control. Oh yes, I of course…