Month: September 2021

Do you know what “personal agency” means? Perhaps you know what each word means when used separately. But do you know what it means when used together? When I first heard the term, I did not know what it meant. According to Google, “personal agency refers to one’s capability to originate and direct actions for…

I just saw this little tugboat, pulling a big barge. It fascinated me. And then I learned that the tugboat could be almost all engine, and nothing else, because it’s not carrying any cargo. Maybe just one person. Of course I had to figure out the metaphor there. So, if you think of Mother Teresa…

September 2021 heralds in a different “Back to School” scenario. We were all hoping that our kids would be able to get back on their bus or bike and we would all feel normal. No one knows if the normal we knew will come back. Was it as great as we remember it? Were our…