Tag Archives: awareness

(Issue #649) Lessons from Third-Graders

Posted on May 4, 2025 by Steve Piscitelli

I started collaborating with five students who quickly reminded me I still have so much to learn. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This week marks ten years since I retired from teaching. I was fortunate to be in the classroom for thirty-three years: middle … Continue reading →

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(Issue #647) Recording A Song & The Power of Friendship

Posted on September 8, 2024 by Steve Piscitelli

I think the true blessings of friendship involve candor, honesty, and compassion. With one of my long-time friends, Billy Bowers, I made a “rough-cut” recording of my song “The Voice in Your Ear.” It serves as the “soundtrack” for my … Continue reading →

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(Issue # 645) Impatience Revisited

Posted on July 21, 2024 by Steve Piscitelli

[NOTE: At the end of this post you will find information about my forthcoming (and first) novel, The Voice in Your Ear] “One moment of patience may ward off great disaster.One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life.”~attributed to … Continue reading →

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(Issue #641) Thought Leaders?

Posted on July 23, 2023 by Steve Piscitelli

You might need someone to help you sort things out but you remain your thought leader. Believe in yourself. ~~~~~ Thought Leader. Another label (buzzword) that has been around for a while. It describes someone seen as an expert who … Continue reading →

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(Issue #635) The Ugliest House in America?

Posted on January 29, 2023 by Steve Piscitelli

We stumble from room to room looking for bright spots. Making do. Or perhaps we recognize we need to change. ~~~~ This piece came to me from two disparate sources. One from a Henry David Thoreau quote. The other by … Continue reading →

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(Issue #634) Snow White and Her 8th Protege?

Posted on January 8, 2023 by Steve Piscitelli

May you find peace in the new year and a distraction-free zone to catch your breath. ~~~~ (If Snow White brought on an 8th protégé, what would his or her name be? Read on for one possibility.) Hi. I’m Distracted. … Continue reading →

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(Issue #631) Impatience: Virtuous or Narcissistic?

Posted on October 9, 2022 by Steve Piscitelli

“I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my way in the end.”~attributed to Margaret Thatcher~ Impatience. Does it—impatience—reflect our times? An internet search immediately brings up thousands of choices on our screen. We can get overnight delivery,  listen now to … Continue reading →

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(Issue #629) Flibbertigibbet Is My Name. Jabberwocky Is My Game.

Posted on July 31, 2022 by Steve Piscitelli

May each of us help turn collective monologues into authentic dialoguesin which all in the room have a chance to be heard, understood, and questioned. ~~~~ “Hey, Sam. How are you doing?” “I’ve been better, Jim. Just found out I … Continue reading →

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(Issue #628) The Story of the Fire

Posted on July 3, 2022 by Steve Piscitelli

Right or wrong, never knowing what might happen,she was on high alert most of the time. ~~~~~ As I remember, I was about six or seven years old. We lived in a second-floor flat. Mom had to go pickup Dad … Continue reading →

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(Issue #627) Beginning-Ending-Beginning

Posted on May 29, 2022 by Steve Piscitelli

Doing it just to do it so you can say you did it and continue to do it is not the reason to do it ~~~~~ Beginning Twelve years ago today (the last Sunday of May 2010), with a bit … Continue reading →

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