Tag: optimism

Welcome to Spring

March 20, 2025

It’s the first day of Spring, the season of rebirth and new beginnings. So if you’ve been feeling tired, discouraged, or stuck, breathe in the possibilities this season of growth presents.

July 23, 2022: It Was the Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times

June 24, 2022

As I read the news this morning about yesterday’s events at the US Capitol, the literature teacher in me could not help but recall the famous opening passage to Charles Dicken’s classic novel, A Tale of Two Cities: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of … More July 23, 2022: It Was the Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times

It’s like déjà vu all over again..except hopefully not

March 5, 2021

The morning of the first Friday in March, I went to see a podiatrist. My foot had been hurting, and the next morning my son was returning from college for Spring Break, bringing with him a Japanese exchange student who was graduating and wanted to investigate possible graduate schools in my hometown of Washington DC. … More It’s like déjà vu all over again..except hopefully not

What If We Believed that the Aftermath of this Disruption Could Be Good?

April 5, 2020

The Second ComingW.B. Yates Turning and turning in the widening gyreThe falcon cannot hear the falconer;Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhereThe ceremony of innocence is drowned;The best lack all conviction, while the worstAre full of passionate intensity. Surely some revelation is at … More What If We Believed that the Aftermath of this Disruption Could Be Good?