The Power To Influence

The Power To Influence

From the moment I heard the faint melody of “Clair de Lune” by Claude Debussy played on the black Steinway piano at the high school graduation I was gripped with this powerful desire to play it myself.  I was a high school sophomore without a piano teacher but with a...

Doing The Impossible

“Come on up. You can do it.’ My brother looked down at me from high up in the tree. I swallowed a lump in my throat. Sure, I wanted like anything to climb that tree so that I could look down at everything from on high but my fears were great and doubts loomed. Like...

Dare To Believe That You Can

He was young as I remember it. Only twelve or thirteen but with serious eyes that made him look at least five times his age. We’d had only a brief encounter but that short conversation haunted me for days. “I’m just afraid about everything.” How was if possible that a...

Can One Possibly Grow Young?

Stay young?  Ridiculous. How about grow young?  You can you know. Crazy as it might seem. Many  children taught me how over my years of teaching. You see, it is all too common when you give a test for each wrong answer to be circled often in glaring red and the number...

Staying Young In A Dying World

Is there a way to stay young in a dying world? A way to bring back the laughter and restore the sparkle in the eyes? A way to renew your zest for living and a youthful vitality? Yes. It is. No magic wands. No quick fixes. But definitely things that you can learn that...