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EASTER CUTENESS OVERLOAD…
Life’s Roller Coaster!… Easter! April 1st! Youthful celebration! Senior demise. Our inevitable life cycle. We can choose to delay and deflect, but only for so long. Life is short, unfair…but well worth the living. Our children amuse and inspire us. Our seniors validate the extended effort. We’re the products of those best efforts. We’ve got choices. Let’s strive to choose wisely…
Read moreI’m usually not one to bore you with “what I did on my vacation.” But I recently ran across these images from a great adventure with my son Clayton, and thought it would be fun to share. I know that many of you have enjoyed your experience in the Grand Canyon. This was ours…ENJOY!
Read moreArt is where you find it…how and where you engage. We are blessed with the diversity of creative expression and have unlimited opportunities to experience same…if we only pay attention. That’s our personal challenge…a small price to pay for an enhanced lifetime of enriched experience. My best to you as you open your heart and mind’s eye to the benefits of engagement with art…wherever you find it…
Read moreIt’s that time of the Season for New Year’s Resolutions. Always an interesting challenge to address, ponder, pontificate and ignore…though we know we should know better. So, no matter our previous success record, we should examine our efforts and determine to improve. Our communities need our best selves, and resolutions such as these can improve our odds for success. Come join me and consider your possibilities.
Wishing you and yours a Happy and Productive New Year!
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“MAMA CAROL” BEBELLE…NEW ORLEANS CULTURAL ACTIVIST/ICON…….credit…Nigell Moses…Verite News
In a world with a dearth of leaders, it’s always refreshing to discover the unique individual who is making a significant difference by walking the talk…by being a role model for commitment, collaboration and constructive community building. Such is Carol “Mama Carol” Bebelle. Join me for this brief intro, and expand your curiosity at your discretion…And, as Carol would remind us, remember to be kind.
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A Past iACT (Interfaith Action of Central Texas) Austin Special Event…
Let me introduce my mining pan metaphor. We’ve got lots of holes to patch in our fragile world. It’s easy to feel overwhelmed with the magnitude of challenge, but we have considerable resources and lots of communal energy to apply to their improvement. It starts with our Friend in the Mirror…joining others in working TOGETHER for constructive change. Our children and communities are counting on us. Let’s rise to our occasion.
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From the LBJ School of Public Affairs…
If this commentary seems repetitive, it is. We experience the same or similar breaches of government over and over. We know better. We hope for better. Our “leaders” know better. But WE THE PEOPLE don’t rise to our occasion, expect and require better. If we want more progressive results, we’re going to have to pull TOGETHER to make it happen. We can, if we will. Let’s!
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