From my office.

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IMG_1216ROTB redoThere are exciting things happening here in the ROTB office. I can’t yet pull down a curtain declaring, “Ta-Da!”
But, I have wonderful plans.
I’m working with a business consultant who keeps reminding me that the best way to chop down a tree is to first spend time sharpening the axe. Lots of planning is scheduled for the next months.
As I just configured the new email server to automate the next 9 articles, I can tell you that there are great articles coming. Here’s a preview:

  • Learning from Satan. (Origins of the word and a spiritual exercise we can apply based on that knowledge.)
  • Right, wrong, easy, hard. (How our thinking makes things more complicated.)
  • Addicted (A confessional.)
  • Silent Compliments. (A suggestion that perhaps when people don’t say anything to us, they are actually approving.)
  • Think(less) Emotions. (Again, about how our thinking gets us in trouble.)
  • Enthusiasm with Furrowed Brows. (The relationship between anxiety and excitement are in my eyebrows!)
  • A Fluid Relationship. (Analysis of stereotypes and how we get stuck.)
  • Love. (The four most important things I know about what love really is.)
  • Radical Sufficiency. (A suggestion on how to get more from what is.)

A Letter

Beloved, Let me tell you something I often say when counseling those mourning the loss of a loved one. “Unless you are a rabbi or minister, you shouldn’t be good at writing eulogies.” And then I add: “Let me give you a pro tip—think about writing a letter. Because you know how to write a letter and this way you

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With Bread

 Love. With Bread. ✧✧✧ I live in a very progressive city. But, not everyone is of one mind. In fact, three houses to the north live Merrilee and Sardar, who, prior to the 2020 election, posted a “Trump—MAGA 2020” sign in their yard. The day Biden was elected, I texted them that a number of my friends and I were

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5 wisdom biscuits

Five Wisdom Biscuits

tasty, bite-sized, easily digestible bits of insight ✧✧✧1. Humility, Always.✧✧✧ We need to be humble when we are wrong.AndWe need to be humble when we are right. “When I am wrong, makeme willing to change.When I am right, makeme easy to live with.”—John C. Maxwell ✧✧✧2. LOFTY GOALS✧✧✧ A quote by my BFF Larry Keene: “Our standardsare beyond us for

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77% Weekly Newsletter
77% Weekly Newsletter