We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time. --T.S. Eliot I included this Eliot excerpt on my High School yearbook page many decades ago. It resonated with me then and it...
our stories, ourselves
Getting Another Opinion
Having been a children’s book editor for over twenty-five years, one of the things I’ve said most often to authors is that the business of evaluating a book (indeed, art of any kind) is highly subjective, there are going to be many varying opinions of their work and...
The Valuing of Ourselves
What is something worth? The factors that determine the worth of something—a book, a cell phone, a vase, life insurance, a pair of shoes, a painting, therapy, a movie, a class, a piece of property—are many. We determine our answer based on how valuable we think the...
Mentors
I have been blessed to have had several mentors in my professional life. I have been blessed by some people older than myself who by example instilled in me a regard for and understanding of not only the business of a business, but the humanity of a business; people...
Filling in the Blanks
Today I’m faced with a blank page. A blank page that’s inviting me…taunting me… exciting me…daring me to express myself. To say something. To think something. To create something.But what if for all the enormous possibilities, what if for all the promise of what could...
Change
In March of 2008 I was reading Eckhart Tolle’s A NEW EARTH and underlined these passages: “Some changes may look negative on the surface but you will soon realize that space is being created in your life for something new to emerge….When you become comfortable with...