Did you know that most people die from a heart attack on a Monday at 9 am?

Remember that scene from Dead Poet’s Society, where they all get on tables in the classroom?

Classic.

My friend Tom always

There is a brilliant scene in the animated series Avatar, The Legend of Aang (if you haven’t seen it, we can’t be friends), where Katara, one of Aang’s friends

We want to see it all, we want to know all the things that make you tick, the things that you are passionate about beyond your job description.

Remember that line in Lord of The Rings, The Two Towers, when Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli are chasing the Orcs to save Merry and Pippin?

Stories are how we whittle meaning out of life.

The stories we tell ourselves about what happened are particularly important.

There are three things that spirituality brings us that is valuable for us not only in our personal live but also in our work. Three values or principles,

There is nothing worse than the right person in the wrong job.. and vice versa.

Thomas Merton, a Trappist monk, once said that some people only see a tree when

To reflect on your experience of something can be extremely valuable in making a decision.

We humans figured out pretty early on that sacrifices work. When we sacrifice not eating all the food and save some for later it means we won’t go hungry tomorrow.

A Terry Pratchet quote to start your week right:

Great writers point to something, they make us notice.

What can you do a little bit better than you did yesterday?

How do you know you are on the right track?

For me, whenever I start something new,

Over the weekend I went on a retreat, and we worked through the biblical story of Moses and the burning bush.

The Summer Day

Who made the world? Who made the swan, and the black bear?

Once, many centuries ago, there were three workers building a cathedral in a small town. A man walked past and asked each of them, ‘what are you busy doing?’