Patience Is Paramount

This month I am working for Bert Stitt and Associates in New Orleans, helping to enhance the Shared Spirit in two neighborhoods hit hard by Katrina as we guide them in planning their future. Without a doubt, these people are teaching us more than they’re learning from us. Their patience and forbearance in the face [...]

Ill Temper: The Vice of the Virtuous

In 1892, Henry Drummond wrote:
“The peculiarity of ill temper is that it is the vice of the virtuous. It is often the one blot on an otherwise noble character. You know men who are all but perfect, and women who would be entirely perfect, but for an easily ruffled, quick-tempered, or “touchy” disposition. [...]

Even the Neighborhood Was Depressing

Someone I know well worked at a place that had such an oppressive Shared Spirit that, after he quit working there, he didn’t even want to drive by the place. The vibes he felt from just driving through the neighborhood were so dark and depressing that he detoured onto other streets to avoid even seeing [...]