Category Archives: Life lessons

(Issue #630) Everyone Has An Agenda.

Posted on August 28, 2022 by Steve Piscitelli

We can get caught up in soundbites and loaded words and forget to dig deeper. ~~~~ Ever notice when someone advocates for something she likes, it’s usually framed as value-driven, common sense, rational, or obvious? When that same person, however, … Continue reading →

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(Issue #626) Control What Happens After What Happens

Posted on May 22, 2022 by Steve Piscitelli

I know now that while I cannot control what may happen to me in life, I can control who I want to be after it happens. It’s a very simple, yet powerful statement. So instead of worrying about life and … Continue reading →

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(Issue #625) Do We Hold the Key?

Posted on May 15, 2022 by Steve Piscitelli

I wonder what they might be thinking as they facethe last precious moments of their lives. ~~~~~ Roxie, my canine companion, and I have the honor to make pet therapy rounds at Community Hospice and Palliative Care. As with the … Continue reading →

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(Issue #622) A Functioning Community is More than a Zip Code

Posted on April 24, 2022 by Steve Piscitelli

Consider your community’s assets and needs. Consider the interlocking nature of the people, place, and purpose your community attempts to serve. ~~~~~ A community may be viewed as a point on the map—yet it is more than just a place … Continue reading →

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(Issue #616) Create a Call-In Culture

Posted on March 13, 2022 by Steve Piscitelli

On the way to clarity, we establish connections, and we enhance chances to establisha “Call-In Culture.”~~~~~ A previous post on this blog stated, While simple dichotomies may be deceptively simplistic, they can provide a starting point for conversation and movement. Each day … Continue reading →

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(Issue #613) Tao Te Ching: Perspective on Life with Integrity

Posted on February 20, 2022 by Steve Piscitelli

Even the down times—those times when we seem confused and falling short of our goals—have lessons to teach. ~~~~~ Reading a translation (by Stephen Mitchell) of Tao Te Ching I was taken by seeming contradictions (to my mind) that Lao-tzu … Continue reading →

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(Issue #611) Who You Hang With Makes A Difference

Posted on February 6, 2022 by Steve Piscitelli

Whether we call this a pod, social circle, monthly book club, or exercise group, this tribe knows and demonstrates the importance of developing authentic connections. ~~~~~ Dan Buettner’s Blue Zones focus on the Power 9® model evolved from research into … Continue reading →

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(Issue #610) Taking Ownership of Your Self-Care

Posted on January 30, 2022 by Steve Piscitelli

“Taking care of yourself” does not have to equate witha “lack of character, responsibility, and commitment.” ~~~~~ A quote I posted this week on my Facebook page (with one of my morning sunrise beach photos) conjured up two memories: one from the … Continue reading →

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(Issue #609) Never Stop Looking for What’s Not There

Posted on January 23, 2022 by Steve Piscitelli

As you look down the road, what don’t you see?What confounds you?What is absent that, once present, will make your community a more compassionate space. ~~~~~ His words made me sit up in my chair and write a post-it note … Continue reading →

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(Issue #607) Who Are Your  Coffee-Cup People?  

Posted on January 9, 2022 by Steve Piscitelli

We have to be mindful and reach out to those whose values and virtues help build a nurturing, dependable, responsible, friendly, brotherly (sisterly), courageous, hopeful community with high expectations. ~~~~~ In the fall of 2002, I traveled to San Antonio, … Continue reading →

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