Who Do You ‘Write’ For?
Photo of Hannah Young By Kenton Sefcik “You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night to write.” ― Saul Bellow It's true that I write for you, Dear Reader. It's true that I write to augment my career. It’s true that I write to get my crap out. It's true that I write to leave a legacy behind, because words and articles and books in print are forever. However, there is one very important reason I write: Life is fragile. As I get older, I hear more stories of cancer, Huntington's, ALS, stroke, heart attack and other conditions and diseases that are taking people's lives. I hear about the freak accidents like
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Success Story: Kimberly Mitchell, Loving with Purpose
It has been almost a year ago when Kimberly Mitchell sent me a copy of her book, Loving with Purpose. Since then, whenever I have the time I would take a few minutes and read through some of her sage advice on loving, living and starting to see things in a more purposeful way in dealing … [Continue Reading...]
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Remarkability
What is a Remarkable Act? I would not have the answer for this question until a few days ago. Monday, I went back to work and an hour into my day I bumped into one of my colleagues and she said, “Alpha, we have something in support for you!” I said nonchalantly, … [Continue Reading...]
Understanding others’ point of view
Photo of Hannah Young By Avdhessh Arya Just a couple months ago I organized a community feast in my village. It was nothing religious, but sort of community get-together. My parents have religious inclinations and they gave it a religious touch. They … [Continue Reading...]
Learn Something New
Photo of Hannah Young As I study the habits of successful people I realize that everything is learnable. You can learn to be successful. You can learn to be great. You can learn to be anything. In fact, everything that you have right now as part of your life repertoire was something that you … [Continue Reading...]
Amid Red Upper Lips and High Fevers
Photo of Hannah Young By Charm Moreto Damon The weekend begins with red upper lips, For five straight minutes, her nose bleeds, As my husband and I try to stop the bleeding and console her, Our daughter, confused and frightened by the red fluid trickling down her … [Continue Reading...]
Death and Life’s Lessons
I was just getting ready to write about all the wonderful things I learned from last week’s Investor’s Roadshow led by the Philippines Ambassador to the US, Jose Cuisia when the unexpected happened. As I checked my phone for a quick break to gather my thoughts for the article, all … [Continue Reading...]
Awareness: How can being mindful affect your health?
“The unaware life is not worth living” –Socrates Photo of Hannah Young By Elizabeth Scala I have read several books on the concepts of awareness, presence, mindfulness, there here and now, being in the moment, etc. There’s a lot of great information out there. Jon Kabat-Zinn is often … [Continue Reading...]
