Often when I am doing work in a rural community, in what seems like the middle of nowhere, peoples first question is not what but why. I have come to understand that what they are really saying is that they care more about why I have showed up to help…
I have had some great challenges in my life. You don’t grow up in a family with close to 3o brothers and sisters without encountering your share of challenges. Today, at my gym Good Life I ran into a friend who was telling me a story about a colleague who…
Before I sent out this blog I asked my wife to review it. She laughed when I told her I thought to some degree I was a cross between Eeyore and Winnie. She said, “You are a Tigger on Red Bull.” I think she was eluding to my energy level,…
My daughter Lauryn and I try at least once a month to take off on a Saturday morning and go for a drive in the country and talk about life and its ups and downs. Today we talked about two things; one is finding the will and discipline to keep…
Serving others should be a priority over serving ourselves; I know, this is much easier said than done. I remember one of the first times I was robbed by the poor. I had been asked almost begged by friends to open up an office in Managua, Nicaragua. They said that…
