The Blessings of a Personal Board of Directors

โ€œ๐™๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™œ๐™ค๐™ค๐™™ ๐™จ๐™๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™จ, ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ค๐™™ ๐™จ๐™๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™จ, ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™จ๐™๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™–๐™ž๐™ก ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™จ๐™š๐™–. ๐˜ฝ๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™—๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™จ ๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™›๐™ง๐™ž๐™š๐™ฃ๐™™๐™จ๐™๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™จ, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ข๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ฎ ๐™–๐™ก๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฎ๐™จ ๐™—๐™šโ€. ๐™„๐™ง๐™ž๐™จ๐™ ๐™‹๐™ง๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™— That old Irish Proverb really resonates for me whenever I see two of my very best friends as I did this past Thursday night over dinner at …

Springtime: The Season for Personal Soil Enrichment

“๐™๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™– ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ข๐™š ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฎ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™– ๐™จ๐™š๐™–๐™จ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™–๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™™๐™š๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™๐™š๐™–๐™ซ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™จ: … ๐™– ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ข๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฉ, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™– ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ข๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ช๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ค๐™ฉ” ๐™€๐™˜๐™˜๐™ก๐™š๐™จ๐™ž๐™–๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™จ 3: 1-2 ๐’๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐จ๐ข๐ฅ ๐„๐ง๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ก๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ Spring has finally arrived helping lift our spirits with tulips, daffodils and crocus perennials popping up all around us. And …

Embracing the Opened Door

“๐™’๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ƒ๐™š ๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™จ, ๐™ฃ๐™ค ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™จ๐™๐™ช๐™ฉ, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฌ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ƒ๐™š ๐™จ๐™๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™ฃ๐™ค ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ฃ.  ๐™„ ๐™ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™™๐™š๐™š๐™™๐™จ. ๐™Ž๐™š๐™š, ๐™„ ๐™๐™–๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™–๐™˜๐™š๐™™ ๐™—๐™š๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™š ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™™๐™ค๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฃ๐™ค ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™จ๐™๐™ช๐™ฉ.โ€ ๐™๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ก๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ 3: 7-8 As we begin the new year, Iโ€™ve been thinking a lot about the imagery that we often associate with …

Do You Have Room?

“๐˜ผ๐™ง๐™š ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™–๐™จ ๐™๐™ช๐™ข๐™—๐™ก๐™š ๐™–๐™จ ๐™– ๐™จ๐™๐™š๐™ฅ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™™ ๐™—๐™ค๐™ฎ, ๐™ค๐™ง ๐™–๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™จ๐™š ๐™–๐™จ ๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ค๐™ก๐™™. ๐™’๐™ค๐™ช๐™ก๐™™ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™๐™–๐™ซ๐™š ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™œ๐™๐™ฉ? ๐™’๐™ค๐™ช๐™ก๐™™ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™๐™–๐™ซ๐™š ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ช๐™œ๐™๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ก๐™ž๐™œ๐™๐™ฉ? ๐˜ฟ๐™ค ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™๐™–๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ค๐™ข? ๐™‡๐™ฎ๐™ง๐™ž๐™˜๐™จ ๐™›๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™—๐™ฎ ๐™Ž๐™๐™–๐™ฌ๐™ฃ๐™– ๐™€๐™™๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ง๐™™๐™จ, “๐˜ฟ๐™ค ๐™”๐™ค๐™ช ๐™ƒ๐™–๐™ซ๐™š ๐™๐™ค๐™ค๐™ข”? A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to attend an enlightening …

Letting Go of the Bike

โ€œ๐™”๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™™๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฎ, ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ข๐™ค๐™ง๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™– ๐™ข๐™ฎ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฎ. ๐™๐™ค๐™™๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™– ๐™œ๐™ž๐™›๐™ฉ ๐™›๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข ๐™‚๐™ค๐™™. ๐™๐™๐™–๐™ฉโ€™๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ฎ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ.โ€ ๐™€๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ง ๐™๐™ค๐™ค๐™จ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ก๐™ฉ The Bike as a Metaphor for What Happens in Life and Work  Biking has been a source of joy for me ever since I purchased my Cannondale R1000Si road bike in July 2002. …