View From Here: A Boy Named Jax

View From Here: A Boy Named Jax: A new soul appeared among us on Wednesday, January 29, 2014. His name is Jax W. Safford, and he is my first grandson. He weighed in at 8 ...

View From Here: Context

View From Here: Context: I am a fan of President Obama. Have been from the first day he popped on the president candidate path.  I liked his honesty then and his ...

View From Here: Martin Luther King, Jr.

View From Here: Martin Luther King, Jr.: A few months ago I was in a training program that recounted some historical facts of the Civil Rights Movement in America . The lessons t...

View From Here: Thoughts to Ponder

View From Here: Thoughts to Ponder: There are a few thoughts I’d like to put out there and ask you to think about.  The first one is from the late George Carlin, the inimita...

View From Here: Dealing with the Real

View From Here: Dealing with the Real: Just a few ideas to pursue today. First from Albert Einstein: “If the bee disappears from the surface of the earth, man would hav...

View From Here: Thought for the Day

View From Here: Thought for the Day: I’m out of town today at a conference. I am pressed for time and decided to use this quote for today’s Thought for the Day: “Don’t do...

View From Here: Your Biography

View From Here: Your Biography: I spotted this on the internet the other day:             “When writing the story of your life, don’t let anyone else hold the pen.” ...

View From Here: What to Believe

View From Here: What to Believe: Joel Osteen is a successful TV evangelist. He shared this thought the other day:             “People have the right to their opinion....

View From Here: Community

View From Here: Community: Living with other people nearby. In neighboring homes. Yards. Abutting streets and blocks of homes. People who live in connection with ot...

View From Here: Finding Solutions

View From Here: Finding Solutions: In a seminar the other day I learned that 2.5% of people are considered innovators. They are the people who think up new ideas that event...

View From Here: Catching Glimpses

View From Here: Catching Glimpses: Are you an empathetic soul? Do you feel what another feels? I don’t mean sense what another is feeling but actually feel what they are fe...

View From Here: Thought for the Day

View From Here: Thought for the Day: Sometimes we forget how reasonable and cooperative past political leaders have been. If you consider only their political party label – r...

View From Here: Sticks and Stones

View From Here: Sticks and Stones: So much chit chat. Everywhere. Over the phone, the radio, TV, computer. Twitter, Pinterest, Facebook, Tumblr. Opinions. Ideas. Thoughtful...

View From Here: Lifestyles

View From Here: Lifestyles: How do you live on a day by day basis? What choices to you make and what plans do you prepare for experiencing life in the way you want t...

View From Here: The Ides of January!

View From Here: The Ides of January!: The new year has begun. The Holidays are behind us. Winter plods along – with foul weather and thaw – forever reminding us that nature ha...

View From Here: Who’s The Leader?

View From Here: Who’s The Leader?: Funny thing about leadership, it requires followers. If someone is to lead, then others need to follow for that leader to be a leader. ...

View From Here: Goring Oxen

View From Here: Goring Oxen: ‘Whose ox is getting gored’ is an old time adage. It is akin to ‘follow the money’. If you don’t understand why someone is interested in ...

View From Here: Goring Oxen

View From Here: Goring Oxen: ‘Whose ox is getting gored’ is an old time adage. It is akin to ‘follow the money’. If you don’t understand why someone is interested in ...

View From Here: Thought for the Day

View From Here: Thought for the Day: Will Rogers (1879 to 1935), was a cantankerous social comedian famous for taking pot shots at the rich and famous, especially politician...

View From Here: Strength

View From Here: Strength: Surviving this winter’s weather has been a challenge. Less so now than in year’s past. Then I commuted 4 hours a day, two hours each way,...

View From Here: Bully Pulpit

View From Here: Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, the feisty Republican President (1901 to 1909) coined the term ‘bully pulpit’. The term refers to the use of position...

View From Here: Tossing Off the Covers

View From Here: Tossing Off the Covers: A new day. A new year. Time to seek new truths, or at least improve articulation of old truths. Understand them better. Share them with o...

View From Here: Making a Living

View From Here: Making a Living: Maya Angelou offered this quote some time back:             “I've learned that making a ‘living’ is not the same thing as ‘making...

View From Here: Writing a Book

View From Here: Writing a Book: This is a question that has nudged forward from time to time. Attractive thought being a published author. A whole book!  Think of it. ...

View From Here: Thought for the Day

View From Here: Thought for the Day: Bono brings us today’s quote to think about:             “The less you know, the more you believe.” Ponder carefully. Faith is ...

View From Here: Year in Review

View From Here: Year in Review: A fun thing to do, look back. On a year or era. Something we do at this time of every year. Not a bad thing really. Here we are at th...

View From Here: New Year

View From Here: New Year: Golly. A new year. Yep, another one ticked off. Some are hard to take in.  2000 was one of those. Imagine a new millennium! Imagine being...