Halloween Kindness

October 30, 2009 No comments yet

Today I want to share something that happened a few years ago on Halloween. I was home on duty at the door. The little goblin, princess, vampire, and ghost traffic was just becoming steady. You know, the time that the door barely closes before the bell rings again followed by an anxious “trick or treat!” [...]

Competitors or Colleagues

October 29, 2009 No comments yet

Corrie Ten Boom’s “The Hiding Place” shares the wonderful personality of her Father, one of Haarlem’s watchmakers. Corrie says this of him: “Father was as innocent of business know-how as his father had been before him. He would work for days on a difficult repair problem and then forget to send a bill. The more [...]

I’m So Happy for You!

October 7, 2009 No comments yet

Way to go! You did it! You deserved it! You are awesome! How hard is it to genuinely be happy for the success of others? (The key word here is “genuinely.”) I have seen many instances, and heard of many more, in which because someone excelled at something, they were shunned, talked negatively about, and [...]