I thought about it again this morning, how are we to act towards others at our workplace. When the kids in our classroom say hateful things to on another and to us; when a co-worker acts deceitful towards you in order to make themselves look better in the eyes of…

With the Olympics starting this week, it has my family in front of the TV (whether they want to be or not!), watching the opening ceremonies (did that guy really not wear a shirt while carrying his flag for his country when it was 5 degrees outside?!) and then settling…

Several of the folks I work with lost their jobs recently. We all go through or see this at some time or another in our career but it was even more sad for me this time because I liked all of these people a lot, and now I will no…

I’ve had a bad attitude lately.  Yes, I really have.  Can you actually believe it?!  Those that know me pretty well know that I am usually the one looking at the glass half full, always encouraging folks, and just plain trying to look at the brightest side of things. This…

After having some extended time off – enjoying Christmas, visiting family, having vacation fun – this week it will be time for many of us to head back to work. As we begin 2018, I’m not going to ask you to read your bible every day, or set goals and…

It’s the best time of year again.  The time when we get to celebrate Jesus’ birthday and all that goes with it. The time when we get to celebrate all the traditions that we have been doing over the years, and also the new ones that we may have just started….

You are holding a big cup of Coke and on your way to a meeting in another part of your building when someone comes along and bumps into you, making you spill your Coke everywhere.  (Now if you grew up in the South like I did, we called all sodas…

What are you doing for your vocation right now?  Are you retired?  Working your first job?  Mid career and rockin’ it? Looking for your next line of employment? God has given to us all a certain purpose. A certain reason to do what we do. Some people say it is…

I’ve been in an inordinate amount of meetings these past several weeks.   I have been in so many meetings that I haven’t been able to do any of my regular job responsibilities in a timely manner.  I have follow up items I have to do from being in these meetings,…

I’ve had a challenging week, just getting back from vacationing on the beaches of the Emerald Coast (that is the Florida panhandle beaches for those that didn’t know!). I’ve been catching up on everything at work and have been in more meetings than I wanted to be in (has meeting…