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Principle Driven or Personality Driven: Which way is a better way to build your mission?
There are many reasons why questioning personality driven causes have come into my mind of late. It doesn’t matter if it is a church, a school, politics, a business or an organization of some kind, I have been looking at the authenticity of causes in terms of the mission it…
Dominion Over the Earth
“…and God gave man dominion over the earth.” Genesis 1:28 “…And God blessed them, and God said unto them, ‘Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living…
The Most and the Least You Can Do
Really, it isn’t difficult. It just takes some time. Life…the thing that takes time. The one thing in life that is easy to do and is the most you can do is to breathe. It is so simple. You do it constantly all of the time without even thinking…
The One Thing That Is You: Getting your priorities straight to work on your own art.
If there is anything that is true about life it is that it seems like everything in it wants to take you away from your art, the one thing that is you. We have to earn a living, help our family and friends, jump through the social hoops of clubs,…
Competitions in Music: What are they really about?
Probably one of the biggest misconceptions I had during the early years of my quest to become a professional musician was my general disdain of competitions. Back in those days there weren’t nearly as many as there are now and after having had a career in opera I feel the…
Get in front and stand for something…
I have always wondered what the difference between success and failure is. What is that “one thing” that makes it possible for one person to succeed and the other to fail? Over the course of my life as a performer I was given the leading roles in operas. It is…
The Power of Now: What I ''thought'' the book was about.
Years ago, I don’t even remember what year it was, maybe around 2000 or so, I recall walking into a bookstore and seeing the new bestsellers on the shelves. Prominently positioned on these shelves was a new book by Eckhart Tolle called ”The Power of Now”. Many of the books…
Who Needs Who?
Who Needs Who? Throughout my life I have been very fortunate to have people who helped me along the way. When I look back on it, I realize I could not have done many of the things I did without the help of many people, people who believed in…
Time Moves Forward: What moving the clock forward every spring does.
Last week the dark days of winter ended and the bright days of spring and summer began. Did this happen because of the astronomical dance the Earth plays in it’s relationship to the sun? Well, yes, partially. But, that is gradual. The moment we turn our clocks forward one hour…