Confidence
I will admit it, there have been items at my auctions that have caused one to wonder. When I had to auction off bull sperm, the first thought I had…
Second Chances
A special thing happens sometimes at auctions. Two bidders are actively biding against one another for a unique item, perhaps a backstage pass or a meal with someone influential or…
Reflection
In West African wisdom, sankofa means to “return and get it”. The sankofa image is typically is a bird with an egg on its back and the phrase “Se wo…
Charity
Most people think of charity as simply giving to the poor. But the meaning goes much deeper. Charity, in its definition, means a “voluntary giving of help.” It also can…
Courage
What is courage? It is not the absence of fear. A courageous person is not a person who is not afraid. Courage is feeling the fear and doing it anyway.…
Forgiveness
Many people think of forgiveness as a saintly, unselfish act. We sometimes feel that by forgiving the person who has wronged us, we are wiping clean the memory of the…
Cultivating Compassion, Growing Your Happiness
How do we create more compassion in ourselves? Compassion, that feeling of empathy for another’s suffering, is cultivated very simply, by practice. All of the major religions of the world…
Never Give Up! Persist Until You Succeed!!
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Here is a parable that I would like to share with you today. The author of this great parable is unknown but it is a very well-known parable. A parable…